Abstract
This article discusses the status of slaves in Islam and analyses the views of Bernard Lewis on this subject. It discusses who and when can one be taken as slave. How the captives of war had been treated during the life of prophet of Islam Muhammad (SAW). Does Qur’an actually support slavery? Why in the Islamic state slaves were subject to some of legal disabilities. What measures Islam has taken to demolish slavery. How Muslims are required to treat their slaves, from the burden of work to calling them. Verses of The Bible, The Qur’an and sayings of Muhammad (SAW) are comparatively studied.
Highlights
In his sixty years of career, Bernard Lewis emerged as the most celebrated and influential Oriental Scholar of America
Though Lewis is a great scholar of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Ottoman History, there are some areas which need to be critically analyzed
This article with analyze whether slavery was a purely Middle Eastern cultural practice or if it is supported by the religion of Islam
Summary
In his sixty years of career, Bernard Lewis emerged as the most celebrated and influential Oriental Scholar of America. Bernard Lewis and Slavery in Islam: An Analytical Study Bernard Lewis mentions that Muslims were allowed to take slaves as war booty.
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