Motif
Manumission associated with generosity
manumission_associated_with_generosity
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 2094-2141 confidence: medium
Kais's servant, rather than waking his sleeping master, gives the requester 7,000 pieces of gold and directs him to take a camel and a slave. Kais later frees the servant and says he would have given more.
Kais frees the servant who gave aid, and Arbah declares that the two slaves will be freed if the requester refuses them.
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