Muhammad The Liberator of Mankind — Page 24
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmadra should lend their help to the captives. 5. If captives seek freedom and can offer ransom, they must be released immediately upon payment. 6. A ransom payment condition is stipulated: if a captive lacks wealth and cannot secure ransom from relatives, the captive may enter into an agreement with their master to pay in instal- ments by a specified date. Upon agreement, the captive gains control of their wealth, with earn- ings considered their own, contingent upon the punctual payment of the prescribed instal- ments. Full freedom is attained upon complete payment. The captor will be bound to uphold this agreement. 7. The slave has the right to pursue their freedom if subjected to mistreatment by their master. In which scenarios is it permissible to limit human freedom These laws demonstrate that the only condition in which Islam takes away certain aspects of human free- dom are those in which individuals lack the capacity to discern right from wrong, akin to children. Those who seek to impose their own opinions through coercion and force, hinder the mental development of humanity, 24