24291 - (Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Yunus narrated to us, he said: Abu Abdur Rahman Baqi ibn Makhlad narrated to us, he said: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us) (1): Waki‘ narrated to us, he said: Sufyan narrated to us from Abdullah ibn al-Hasan from his mother Fatimah bint Husayn that Zayd ibn Harithah arrived, meaning from Aylah, and he was in need of a mount, so he sold some of them. When he arrived to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , he saw a woman among them weeping. He said: "What is the matter with her?" He was informed that Zayd had sold her child. So [له] the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: "Return him or buy him back." (3).

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent two captive children with me, so that I might sell them. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) inquired, "Did you sell them together or separately?" I replied, "Separately." He said, "Catch them (i.e., bring them back)."

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote: Do not separate two brothers; sell them together, or keep them together with you.

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to the officials: Do not separate a slave woman and her children.

Hazrat Usman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Iqal to buy one hundred slaves belonging to the same family and take them towards Madinah, but do not buy any slave among them whose purchase would result in separation between him and his parents.

It is narrated from Hazrat Habib bin Shahab that he participated in jihad with Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him). When the place of Tustar was conquered, they did not separate women and their children at the time of selling.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Jablah al-Qurashi that they used to separate the captives; Hazrat Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) came and gathered all those slaves together.

Ibrahim, (the companions) would not sell slaves out of fear that separation might occur between a son and his father or between brothers. They disliked selling slaves for this reason.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) that when a child was brought to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he would give the child to all the members of the household so that there would be no distinction among them.

Hazrat Usman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Iqal to buy one hundred slaves belonging to the same family and take them towards Madinah, but do not buy any slave among them whose purchase would result in separation between him and his parents.