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Isa And Islam > Frequently Asked Questions > Muslim Beliefs > Does Islam Encourage Slavery?

Does Islam Encourage Slavery?

1 March 2015 by Web Administrator Leave a Comment

slaveryAccording to several online news websites, ISIS has captured many Yazidi and Christian women, treating them as sex slaves. They have also sold them. They sell women between the ages of 40-50 for $40, and children between the ages of 1-9 are sold for $158. ISIS believes that sharia allows them to enslave prisoners of war during jihad.

Religious Views and Muslim Figures on Slavery

Islamic figures have different opinions about slavery. Dr. Abdul-Latif Mushtahari admits that Islam allows slavery. He says, “Islam does not prohibit slavery but retains it for two reasons. The first reason is war. Only non-Muslim captives may be enslaved or killed. The second reason is the sexual propagation of slaves which would generate more slaves for their owner” (You Ask and Islam Answers, 51-52).

Some Muslim leaders are opposed to slavery. One such Muslim is Syamsuddin Ramadhan An-Nawiy, who wrote, “Islam has encouraged people to free the slaves that they have.”

But verses in the Quran allow Muslims to have slaves. Some of them are: “And those who guard their private parts except from their wives or those their right hands possess” (Qs 70:29-30). “We have made lawful to you your wives … and those your right hand possesses” (Qs 33:50).

Slavery in Ancient Times

We find slaverythroughout the Bible and history. But the practice was very different from the past few centuries. It was more for economic reasons and it was regulated. They could be free after a certain time of compensation.

freedomIsa, the Law of Love, and Slavery

In His life and work, Isa Al-Masih never enslaved humans. Slavery is oppressive, demeaning, and unloving. Isa taught, “… ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Injil, Matthew 22:39). We are to love everyone the same!

The apostle Paul also told a member of one of the churches he began, Philemon, to free a slave. Paul said, “I appeal to you to show kindness to … Onesimus. … I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart. … He is no longer like a slave to you. He is more than a slave, for he is a beloved brother, especially to me. Now he will mean much more to you, both as a man and as a brother” (Philemon 1:10-16).

Muslims and Christians must reject enslaving others. Even more importantly, we must resist being enslaved to sin! Isa Al-Masih loves all of mankind. He wants to free us from the slavery of sin and its punishment. He did this through dying as the sacrifice that Allah requires for our sin. Isa “… gave his life to free us from every kind of sin” (Titus 2:14). When we accept His love and sacrifice, we are free from sin.

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