Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t4.17

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⁵ Compare for instance Yusuf Gada (T., 14b) and saint Hamadani (Z.M., 77) both of whom insist that according to the earlier traditions of Islam the master of a slave should provide more or less the same comforts for his slave as he does for himself. Hamadani specifically enumerates seven rights that accrue to a slave as against his master, which include the right of religious education, of working for a fixed number of hours and of leave during hours of prayer, of being treated without indignity and contempt, and finally of refusing the performance of work opposed to *Shari'at*.