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Sunan Abi Dawud 4580 (Book 41, Hadith 87) #24871
Price of Male and Female Slaves

SUMMARY: The hadith discusses the price of male and female slaves.

Narrated Al-Sha'bi: The price of a male or a female slave is five hundred Dirhams. Abu Dawud said: Rabi'ah said: The price of a male or a female slave is fifty dinars.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْعَوَقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَجَابِرٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ الْغُرَّةُ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ رَبِيعَةُ الْغُرَّةُ خَمْسُونَ دِينَارًا

TOPICS
dinar  *  slave  *  price  *  dinars  *  abd  *  thaman  *  dirham  *  dirhams

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow regulations when buying/selling slaves
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the price of male and female slaves. According to Al-Sha'bi, the price of a male or a female slave is five hundred dirhams. However, according to Abu Dawud and Rabi'ah, the price is fifty dinars. This hadith teaches us that slavery was an accepted practice in society at that time but also shows us that it was not without regulation or control as there were set prices for buying and selling slaves. It also teaches us about the value system at that time as different currencies were used for different transactions.

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