[EN] The present study deals with the legal materials on slaves found in Sahnün's Mudawwana. Special attention is given to slaves marriage, the marriage of a free man to a slave woman, the dowry, qualifications for marriage, the umin walad and her status, etc. The Miliki school, according to the Mudawwana, considers the slave as the equal of a minor free man, but it accords him capacities which are not recognised by other schools of law (for example, the slave may own properties, decide on his marriage and pay the dowry).

[ES] Estudio de los materiales jurídicos sobre los esclavos en la Muúawwana de Sawn. Se presta especial atención al matrimonio de los esclavos, el matrimonio del hombre libre con la esclava, los requisitos del matrimonio, la dote, el estatuto de la umm walari, etc. La escuela müliki según la Mudawwana, considera al esclavo semejante a un menor de edad libre, pero le concede unas capacidades (poseer bienes, acordar su propia boda o pagar la dote) que no se le reconocen en otras escuelas jurídicas.

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