16/14. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1365d — Freedom as Wedding Gift
The virute of manumitting one's slave girl, then marrying her
Hadith About Freedom as Mahr
Sahih Muslim : 1365d
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1365d
وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ - عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، وَعَبْدِ، الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ - عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، وَشُعَيْبِ، بْنِ حَبْحَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، وَعَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْغُبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ الْحَبْحَابِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، وَعُمَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ الْحَبْحَابِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ أَعْتَقَ صَفِيَّةَ وَجَعَلَ عِتْقَهَا صَدَاقَهَا . وَفِي حَدِيثِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ تَزَوَّجَ صَفِيَّةَ وَأَصْدَقَهَا عِتْقَهَا.
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters on the authority of Anas that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) emancipated Safiyya, and her emancipation was treated as her wedding gift, and in the hadith transmitted by Mu'adh on the authority of his father (the words are): " He (the Holy Prophet) married Safiyya and bestowed her emancipation as her wedding gift."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1365dIn-book reference : Book 16, Hadith 100USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 8, Hadith 3326
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1365d
This hadith about freedom as mahr is a direct report about Safiyya. It says that Allah's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم emancipated Safiyya and made her emancipation her wedding gift. Another wording says that he married Safiyya and bestowed her emancipation as her wedding gift. The report is short and clear. It does not describe the whole event in detail, but it gives the central marriage point: her freedom was treated as her sadaq, or dower. For readers searching for emancipation as mahr hadith, Safiyya bint Huyayy marriage hadith, or dower in Islam hadith, this narration is closely focused on that exact topic.
What we learn from this hadith
- Safiyya's emancipation is described as her wedding gift in this report.
- The narration connects freedom and marriage in this specific case.
- The wording is brief, so the lesson should stay close to the text.
