The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 209
V - Conduct of the Holy Prophet sa with Slaves and His Teachings on the Issue of Slavery 209 respectively. The most learned teachers in the field of history were Mūsā bin ‘Aqabah and Muḥammad bin Isḥāq, and the world would bow before their academic prowess. All of these people however, attained their status after being ordinary slaves. 1 Then, the Indian dynasty of slaves whose various members developed excellence in politics and government, do not require any introduction. These radiant examples, which have been presented only by way of example (as the history of Islām is replete with such examples), are fruits of the Islāmic system of manumission. However, in comparison to this what is the outcome of Western reformers? Is there even a single example in the 1 * Usdul-Ghābah Fī Ma‘rifatiṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By ‘Izzuddīn Ibnul-Athīr Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad, Volume 2, p. 170, Sālimun Maulā Abī Hudhaifah, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon (2003) * Al-Istī‘ābu Fī Ma‘rifatil-Aṣḥāb, By Abū ‘Umar Yūsuf bin ‘Abdillāh bin Muḥammad, Volume 2, pp. 135-136, Sālimubnu Ma‘qal, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2002) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 2, pp. 234-235, Zaidubnu Ḥarithah, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 5, pp. 373-374, Mujāhidubnu Jabar, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 5, pp. 606-607, Nāfi‘un Al-Faqīḥu Maulā Ibni ‘Umar, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil- Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 4, pp. 167, 170, 171, ‘Ikrimatu Al-Barīrī, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 5, pp. 529-530, Makḥūlush-Shāmī, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 5, pp. 139-140, Muḥammadubnu Sīrīn, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 3, pp. 247-248, ‘Abdullāhibnul-Mubārak, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 4, pp. 128-129, ‘Aṭā’ubnu Abī Rabāḥ, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 1, pp. 481/482/484, Al-Ḥasanubnu Abil-Ḥasani Yasārin Al-Baṣrī, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin- Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 5, pp. 28/30/32, Muḥammadubnu Isḥāq, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. ) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 5, p. 574, Mūsabnu ‘Uqbah, First Edition, Dā’iratul-Ma‘ārifin-Niẓāmiyyatil-Kā’inah, Hyderabad, Dakkan (1326 A. H. )