Muhammed Ali welcomes the new Muslim convert and addresses his question about captives of war (milk al-yamin) in Islam, clarifying that this is fundamentally different from slavery. He explains that Islam only permits taking captives from enemy combatants in war, not civilians, and that these captives must be treated with dignity—fed, clothed, and compensated equally, never beaten or overburdened. He emphasizes that Islam provides multiple pathways to freedom for captives and actively encourages their emancipation through charity, expiation of sins, and ransom, making it a temporary wartime measure with strict humanitarian protections rather than hereditary slavery.

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