Slaves

Muhammad and slavery

The Qur'an considers emancipation of a slave to be a highly meritorious deed, or as a condition of repentance for many sins. Therefore Muhammad(SAW) was the owner of slaves, whom he bought usually to free,^[183] including concubines (although this claim is disputed),^[184] a wetnurse, and one slave he bought, freed and adopted as his son (Zayd).^[185] However, Muhammad(SAW) himself did not ban slavery.