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is no cloud in the sky?” They again replied,
‘No.’ The Prophet said, ‘(Similarly), you
will have no difficulty in seeing God on
the Day of Resurrection, just as you have
no difficulty in seeing either the sun or the
moon.’ (Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith no. 4581)

47 Does the Quran permit slavery?

slam does not promote slavery. According to Islamic
Iteachings, all human beings are alike. At the time of
the Prophet Muhammad, in the first half of the seventh
century, industrial revolution had not taken place and
thus slavery was a means for the poor to live in shelter
and have regular meals for themselves. It was a social
phenomenon and not something introduced by Islam.

It was due to the age factor that slavery was not radically
abolished, as this would have made people devoid of
their means of livelihood. The Prophet had taken several
steps to abolish slavery. Islam discourages the taking of a
free person into slavery. There are several hadith in this
regard, such as:

The Prophet said, ‘God said, “I will be an
opponent to three types of people on the
Day of Resurrection. One of them is the
one who sells a free person and eats his
price.”’ (Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith no. 2270)

The Prophet said: ‘There are three types
of people whose prayer is not accepted by

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