4049 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan informed us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah informed us, from Mansur, from al-Sha'bi, from Jarir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If a slave flees, no prayer of his is accepted until he returns to his masters."

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(1) A sound hadith, and this chain consists of trustworthy narrators, except that there is a discrepancy regarding it concerning Mansur — namely Ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ghudani al-Ashall — as to whether it is raised (to the Prophet) or stopped (at a Companion), as will follow. Abu Dawud: he is al-Tayalisi, and al-Sha'bi: he is Amir ibn Sharahil.

Shu'bah narrated it — as here and in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" (398) — and Ali ibn Asim — in what Ahmad (19243) narrated from him — both from Mansur ibn Abd al-Rahman with this chain, raised (to the Prophet). The wording of Ali ibn Asim is: "Any slave who flees from his masters has disbelieved."

Al-Daraqutni mentioned in "al-Ilal" 13/446 that Ali ibn Asim narrated it as stopped (at a Companion) without doubt. I say: His statement is refuted by the aforementioned narration of Imam Ahmad.

Isma'il ibn Ulayyah — in what Muslim (68) narrated — and Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar and Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal — in what al-Daraqutni mentioned in "al-Ilal" 13/446 — all three of them narrated it from Mansur ibn Abd al-Rahman, with it. The wording of Ibn Ulayyah: "Any slave who flees from his masters has disbelieved, until he returns to them."

I say: Its being stopped (at a Companion) does not harm, because it is established as raised (to the Prophet) from Mansur — as in this narration — and from others — as will come in the following narration — and because it has the ruling of being raised. Moreover, Mansur said after his narration in Muslim: "It has been narrated — by Allah — from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, but I dislike that it be narrated from me here in Basra."

Ahmad (19155) and (19211) also narrated it via al-Mughirah ibn Shibl — or Shubayl — from Jarir, with it, raised (to the Prophet), with the wording: "If a slave flees, the covenant of protection is absolved from him." See the discussion on it in "al-Musnad" at the first location.

Mughirah ibn Miqsam also narrated it from al-Sha'bi — as in the following two narrations — and there is a discrepancy regarding him as to whether it is raised or stopped.

It was also narrated from Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i — as will come in the narrations (4052–4056) — and there is also a discrepancy regarding him.

Al-Sindi said: His statement: "no prayer of his is accepted" — it is said: acceptance is more specific than validity, for acceptance is that the deed becomes a cause for obtaining reward, divine pleasure, and closeness to the Lord, while validity is it being a cause for the dropping of =