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Does the Quran ban slavery, and what does 'what your right hand possesses' mean?

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Does the Quran abolish slavery? Rabb and abd, contractual marriage and freeing slaves

DiscussionRecorded 26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 12 of 36 in the recording2020-06-26-S12

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The guest says the Quran abolishes slavery as the greatest crime, since owning a slave is to claim to be a rabb like Pharaoh, and that what the right hand possesses means contractual marriage. Mufti Abu Layth holds that slavery is abrogated through trajectory hermeneutics rather than by an explicit ban.

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Mufti Abu Layth says he has argued that slavery is abrogated by trajectory hermeneutics, since the Quran encourages freeing slaves but does not categorically ban slavery. The guest says this is like saying two times two is three: the Quran rejects slavery as the biggest crime, because to own a slave is to make oneself that person's rabb and the slave one's abd, which is idol worship and the stance of Pharaoh, so la ilaha illa Allah itself rejects slavery. When Mufti notes that historians say the Israelites were second-class citizens rather than slaves in Egypt, the guest says he does not believe historians, who contradict each other, but the mathematically proven book. He says ma malakat aymanukum is mistranslated: aymanukum in the plural means contracts, so it denotes a contractual marriage, distinct from nikah with a free person, with a freed slave or with a woman who joined the community while still married elsewhere, comparable to common-law marriage and carrying lighter penalties because of the person's trauma. He says the Quran mentions slaves because other communities kept them, so that Muslims could only buy and free them, as in the expiation of freeing a slave, and that a Muslim could not own one. Mufti says he agrees the Quran encourages freeing slaves and sets a trajectory for emancipation but did not actualise it in the Prophet's lifetime; the guest replies that Mufti is poisoned by the books he has read, that rabb is used in the Quran only for God, and that Pharaoh claiming to be the people's rabb meant controlling their lives, which is what a slave owner does, whereas he himself raised his children to question him rather than be monkeys.

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not miracle it is a narration of Morocco it's not an all extraordinary event that we are witnessing therefore it is not a sign what is only required is Sun therefore why should I believe why should I believe therefore Moses the dope people in that time they watch it and later it is forgotten or it disappeared became NASA and God says if some mirror that is forgotten or the time passed it was time limited God will bring another miracle sign extraordinary evidence to prove that this is his word and the

1:09:03

Quran has this miracle in fact a professional miracle the mathematical structure of the Quran incredible I want to come to that as well professor about the mathematical thing just before we go to that a quick question then you see if let's say we don't accept abrogation momentarily of the Quran you are presumably you would agree with me that things like slavery today is abrogated now I have argued that slavery is abrogated by trajectory hermeneutics

1:09:41

that this is what the Sharia would have wanted once humanity reaches that stage it becomes abrogated because the Quran does not although it it does encourage freeing slaves but it does not categorically in any way ban slavery so far did I just come running into it okay

1:10:21

enlighten us professor because I would love to hear that the other the other understanding I just said you just said two times two is three but it could before it can't before it's not okay you Quran rejects the idea of slavery not a simple sin not a simple crime it is the biggest crime according to Quran the slavery because slavery according to Quran is idol worship if you have my brother lace if you have your own slave what you that slave will be Abdul lace

1:11:01

you will call him AB delayed and here you will be cold rub if rug boo pelant correct therefore you will be a Pharaoh if you have a slave according to the language of the Quran because red means mode admin slave basically slavery is declaring to be the god of another person therefore Pharaoh is declaring the Quran one of the worst people on earth Moses was anti-slavery for freedom Nayla hey Lala reject slavery because Lyle ain't no God besides God but you say

1:11:40

well I say this but I will be the god the Rabb of this but the crime here Baba now just just on that now arguably the historian state that the Israelites were never slaves in Egypt history seems to show that they were second-class citizens they lived in Rome Isis and places like this but they were never actually slaves of the fair I don't believe in historians I do think that God's Word no no historians they make up a lot of historians psychologists take them take words with a mountain of salt not with

1:12:14

grain of salt with mountain on salt they would they were slaves of course I have note that because the mathematically proving book divine book tells me so therefore historians they discuss on every issue they have so many contradictions she if you hear a Turkish historian versus Kurdish you are happy stories they tell the story very differently so what verse of the Quran do you feel is is prohibiting slavery slavery Leyla Lama and a baboon Allah a

1:12:51

there is no rub besides God therefore when you claim that you are right then you declare that you are Pharaoh that you are like Pharaoh and this is the biggest thing but there are so many verses saying things like you know about your slave giving certain no no no no it is mistranslation Malik at a man who come for example is translated those who are under your hand those your slave absolutely mistranslation you know arabic correct you would a man the world a man anywhere in the Quran in plural form it means what you know it means your contracts this is contractual relation besides

1:13:31

different than marriage marriage with the free pure person is called Nietzsche and in this one this is contractual married means someone is slave you free that slave you married that one because of that past psychologically socially they have been slave in order to distinguish because they will be treated with more leniency if they let's say commit adultery they will have less penalty because they would want slave they have less personal self-confidence they have they have the trauma in their lives therefore it is

1:14:09

called contractual marriage and also do you know more times someone from the other party opposing party in any party a woman it comes and join peacemakers and that person is not divorced from the husband legally leave because the Quran accepts the reality of their marriage but this it is exist a different exceptional circumstance and you can marry with that person it is called contractual marriage it's kind of little I'm ethic something what people call concubines sometimes and I agree with

1:14:46

you that term doesn't fit it is like a it's like a secondary status wife it's like a white bed no no this Quran is like a common-law marriage you know in even in Allah we have legally married person and also common-law marriage they don't have formal marriage but for all purposes they are considered married people and similarly in the Quran is contractual married because of the circumstances and there is other person's two people with their free will they married in order another person in order to free them you marry them and

1:15:24

your contractual relationship with them therefore in order to Demark to distinguish them the detail a little bit more I mean slavegirls thing okay put that aside slavery as a whole as a genre you know in countless verses like abdomen hey dummy mush you know but Pheebs it doesn't mean chronic now improves theft the Quran but calling murder it talks about murderers it doesn't mean it justifies the Quran talks about slaves who are the slave of others because they

1:16:03

were Jewish people Christians [ __ ] they have their own slaves and the Muslims could not force them the only way too soon will do go buy their slaves and release their slaves this will do if they for example Muslim and let's say do not pass Ramazan and it what yeah Teredo Raqqa be it is not their own they cannot have slave a Muslim cannot have a slave because it is become sheared but we'll find a slate there are other populations other communities unfortunately they enslave people go purchase their slave

1:16:41

and free that person to Aqaba mashallah now so up i understand that and i would agree with you to the extent that Quran clearly encourages I don't think people could deny by reading the Quran that encourages the Haleiwa Aqaba that encourages freeing slaves and it's liek I mean the difference is I would say it's setting the trajectory for complete emancipation although it hasn't actualized in the life of the Prophet but you're arguing live the life of the Prophet usually reason what you are poisoned by the book that you have read

1:17:19

that says absolutely my brother again please focus about the word Rabb the Quran says there is no rat besides God in fact there is one more one miss translation of verse in Chapter clearly not speaking about [ __ ] what what you thought you know our bobbum Allah is this not clearly speaking about worshipping as opposed to the concept like Ronald rabbit the Rebbe in the Quran always used for God alone and it is absolutely rejected the idea of any Arab besides

1:17:56

God and only there is only one rat and therefore if you say an Arab Pokemon era and a rabu kome like Pharoah said I am your Lord Pharaoh did not mean that he created people he was not as stupid he didn't say that he was talking about that he holds he controls their life he is the one decides for them this is to be a slave owner and therefore Jesus according to Quran shield you don't need to be shared can say I created you you say I am your controller I control your life you are my AB if you say you are my

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app to anyone what if you say that to your children is that [ __ ] my document I'm just saying if you you know you created your children and you control their lives well state no no you cannot you cannot claim them you cannot claim for example I left my children to be questioning me from early age you never become like your father just because your father is like I do not want them to become a monitoring station monitor is because I am I said you will be kind of a monkey I don't want to be the father of monkeys think for yourself

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