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, 18:45, August 20, 2008New page: There are several historical and contemporary accounts which suggest '''Muhammad''', the founder of Islam, '''owned many slaves'''. Muhammad never tried to abolish slavery, instead he ...
There are several historical and contemporary accounts which suggest '''Muhammad''', the founder of [[Islam]], '''owned many slaves'''. Muhammad never tried to abolish slavery, instead he himself became involved in the slave trade.<ref name=BBC>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/slavery_3.shtml Muhammad and slavery] ''BBC''</ref> Noted American sociologist [[Rodney Stark]] in his book ''For the Glory of God'' documented "[[Muhammad]] bought, sold, captured, and owned [[slave]]s".<ref name="FGG">{{cite book
|author= Rodney Stark
|title= For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
|publisher= Princeton University Press
|location=
|year= 2004
|pages= p338
|isbn= 0691114366
|oclc=
|doi=
}}</ref> Muhammad kept a slave girl named Mariyah as a concubine with whom he had a child. But Muhammad did not marry her because she remained a Christian.<ref name="MPS">{{cite book
|author= William Montgomery Watt
|title= Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman
|publisher= Oxford University Press
|location=
|year=
|pages= p195
|isbn= 0198810784
|oclc=
|doi=
}}</ref> Sunni Islamic jurist, philosopher and theologian Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya in his book ''Zad al-Ma'ad'' stated Muhammad "had many male and female slaves". Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya further commented on Muhammad:<ref name ="j160">{{cite book
| author = Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
| coauthors = Jalal Abualrub (English translator); Alsa Mencke and Shaheed M. Ali (Editors)
| title = Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), part 1
| publisher = Islamic Learning Media Publications
| date = 2003
| location =
| pages = 160
| url = http://www.fustat.com/souq.shtml
| doi =
| id = 2nd edition
| isbn = 0-9703766-0-X}}</ref>
{{cquote|He used to buy and sell them, but he purchased more than he sold, especially after God empowered him by His message, as well as after his immigration from Mecca. He once sold one black slave for two. His name was Jacob al-Mudbir. His purchases of slaves were more. He was used to renting out and hiring many slaves, but he hired more slaves than he rented out.}}
Safiyya bint Huyayy<ref name=Zad116>Islamic jurist Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya documented the names of Muhammad's female slaves in his book ''Zad al-Ma'ad'', Volume 1, p. 116</ref> converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's wives. [[Byzantine]] ruler of [[Egypt]] and [[Alexandria]] Muqawqis donated a Coptic slave to Muhammad named Maria al-Qibtiyya.<ref name=Zad116/> Below are the names of some of the slaves owned by Muhammad:
*Mihran or Maymun (male slave)<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/11/ Mihran (Maymun)]</ref>
*Umm Ayyash (female slave)<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/20/ Umm Ayyash]</ref>
*Nafi (male slave)<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/12/ Nafi]</ref>
*Shirin was a concubine of Muhammad<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/17/ Sirin (Shirin)]</ref>
:'''Note:''' ''This article documents only a few names of the slaves owned by Muhammad''
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Islam]]
|author= Rodney Stark
|title= For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
|publisher= Princeton University Press
|location=
|year= 2004
|pages= p338
|isbn= 0691114366
|oclc=
|doi=
}}</ref> Muhammad kept a slave girl named Mariyah as a concubine with whom he had a child. But Muhammad did not marry her because she remained a Christian.<ref name="MPS">{{cite book
|author= William Montgomery Watt
|title= Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman
|publisher= Oxford University Press
|location=
|year=
|pages= p195
|isbn= 0198810784
|oclc=
|doi=
}}</ref> Sunni Islamic jurist, philosopher and theologian Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya in his book ''Zad al-Ma'ad'' stated Muhammad "had many male and female slaves". Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya further commented on Muhammad:<ref name ="j160">{{cite book
| author = Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
| coauthors = Jalal Abualrub (English translator); Alsa Mencke and Shaheed M. Ali (Editors)
| title = Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), part 1
| publisher = Islamic Learning Media Publications
| date = 2003
| location =
| pages = 160
| url = http://www.fustat.com/souq.shtml
| doi =
| id = 2nd edition
| isbn = 0-9703766-0-X}}</ref>
{{cquote|He used to buy and sell them, but he purchased more than he sold, especially after God empowered him by His message, as well as after his immigration from Mecca. He once sold one black slave for two. His name was Jacob al-Mudbir. His purchases of slaves were more. He was used to renting out and hiring many slaves, but he hired more slaves than he rented out.}}
Safiyya bint Huyayy<ref name=Zad116>Islamic jurist Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya documented the names of Muhammad's female slaves in his book ''Zad al-Ma'ad'', Volume 1, p. 116</ref> converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's wives. [[Byzantine]] ruler of [[Egypt]] and [[Alexandria]] Muqawqis donated a Coptic slave to Muhammad named Maria al-Qibtiyya.<ref name=Zad116/> Below are the names of some of the slaves owned by Muhammad:
*Mihran or Maymun (male slave)<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/11/ Mihran (Maymun)]</ref>
*Umm Ayyash (female slave)<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/20/ Umm Ayyash]</ref>
*Nafi (male slave)<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/12/ Nafi]</ref>
*Shirin was a concubine of Muhammad<ref>[http://www.lastprophet.info/en/content/view/111/14/1/17/ Sirin (Shirin)]</ref>
:'''Note:''' ''This article documents only a few names of the slaves owned by Muhammad''
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Islam]]