Slave ownership by Muhammad

Historical and contemporary accounts suggest Muhammad, the founder of Islam, owned many slaves. Muhammad never tried to abolish slavery, instead he himself became involved in the slave trade.Muhammad and slavery BBC Noted American sociologist Rodney Stark in his book For the Glory of God documented "Muhammad bought, sold, captured, and owned slaves". Muhammad kept a slave girl named Mariyah as a concubine with whom he had a child. But Muhammad did not marry her because she remained a Christian. Sunni Islamic jurist, philosopher and theologian Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya in his book Zad al-Ma'ad stated Muhammad "had many male and female slaves". Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya further commented on Muhammad:
Safiyya bint HuyayyIslamic jurist Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya documented the names of Muhammad's female slaves in his book Zad al-Ma'ad, Volume 1, p. 116 converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's wives. Byzantine ruler of Egypt and Alexandria Muqawqis donated a Coptic slave to Muhammad named Maria al-Qibtiyya. Below are the names of some of the slaves owned by Muhammad:
*Mihran or Maymun (male slave)Mihran (Maymun)
*Umm Ayyash (female slave)Umm Ayyash
*Nafi (male slave)Nafi 
*Shirin was a concubine of MuhammadSirin (Shirin)
:Note: This article documents only a few names of the slaves owned by Muhammad
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Category:Islam