[Machine] During the time of the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr, we used to buy from the mothers of the children, but when Umar came, he prohibited us and we stopped.  

بِعْنَا أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ نَهَانَا فَانْتَهَيْنَا  

“We used to sell our slave women and the mothers of our children (Umahat Awaldina) when the Prophet ﷺ was still living among us, and we did not see anything wrong with that.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2517)   

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ كُنَّا نَبِيعُ سَرَارِيَّنَا أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ حِيُّ لَا نَرَى بِذَلِكَ بَأْسًا  

[Machine] We used to sell the mothers of children during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. There is nothing in these hadiths that suggests that the Prophet ﷺ was aware of this and approved it. We have narrated what indicates prohibition, and Allah knows best.  

كُنَّا نَبِيعُ أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ فَأَقَرَّهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى النَّهْيِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] My opinion and Omar's opinion agreed on the liberation of the mothers of the children. Then, I saw afterwards that they were irritated in such and such a matter. So, I said to him, "Your opinion and Omar's opinion about the unity is more beloved to me than your opinion alone in separation."  

اجْتَمَعَ رَأْيِي وَرَأْيُ عُمَرَ عَلَى عِتْقِ أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ بَعْدُ أَنْ أَرِقَّهُنَّ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ رَأْيُكَ وَرَأْيُ عُمَرَ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ رَأْيِكَ وَحْدَكَ فِي الْفُرْقَةِ  

[Machine] It is sold and not given as a gift or inherited. Its owner enjoys it as long as he lives, but when he dies, it becomes free.  

يُبَعْنَ وَلَا يُوهَبْنَ وَلَا يُورَثْنَ يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِهَا صَاحِبُهَا مَا عَاشَ فَإِذَا مَاتَ فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ  

[Machine] "To sell, gift, or inherit them, and enjoy from them as long as one lives, then when one dies, they are freed."  

أَنْ يُبَعْنَ أَوْ يُوهَبْنَ أَوْ يُورَثْنَ يَسْتَمْتِعُ مِنْهُنَّ مَا عَاشَ فَإِذَا مَاتَ عَتَقْنَ  

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ, it is narrated that he ruled that their freedom is granted upon their masters' death, based on a text. He and others agreed on prohibiting the sale of female slaves, and it is likely that he and others inferred this from some evidence that reached us and was narrated to us from the Prophet ﷺ indicating their freedom. So he and others agreed on prohibiting the sale of female slaves. It is preferable for us to follow their agreement in what they unanimously agreed on before any disagreement arises, along with relying on evidence from the Sunnah. Allah knows best.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ حَكَمَ بِعِتْقِهِنَّ بِمَوْتِ سَادَاتِهِنَّ نَصًّا فَاجْتَمَعَ هُوَ وَغَيْرُهُ عَلَى تَحْرِيمِ بَيْعِهِنَّ وَيُشْبِهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُوَ وَغَيْرُهُ اسْتَدَلَّ بِبَعْضِ مَا بَلَغَنَا وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى عِتْقِهِنَّ فَاجْتَمَعَ هُوَ وَغَيْرُهُ عَلَى تَحْرِيمِ بَيْعِهِنَّ فَالْأَوْلَى بِنَا مُتَابَعَتُهُمْ فِيمَا اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ الِاخْتِلَافِ مَعَ الِاسْتِدْلَالِ بِالسُّنَّةِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ