Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c6.5

c6.5

This tolerant treatment was not without conditions. A slave was the property of his master. His tenor of life was determined by the latter. For example, he could not marry without the masters permission. Although he was free to move from place to place, he could not hold pleasure parties nor pay visits to friends. A slave could not bestow aims or grant a loan or make a pilgrimage.¹¹ If he managed to accumulate any property, it was inherited not by his sons but by the master.¹² In theory a slave could purchase his freedom, but bond of freedom was granted to a slave in return for money paid, and until full money was paid there was no total redemption.¹³ A slave should not seek his emancipation by running away, The slave who fled from his master committed an act of infidelity, says Muhammad.¹⁴