Musulunci ya zo ne a lokacin da bayi suke a duk sassan duniya, kuma bautar da mutum (bauta) tsari ne da ya zama ruwan dare a dukkan sassan duniya, tare da dukkan mutane da al'ummai. Ba a san wani yanki na duniya ba sai dai an yi cinikin bayi kuma an bautar da 'yantattun mutane. Ba a rawaito game da wata kasa da babu bauta ba. Musulunci ya dauki wannan matsala a matsayin wacce ke da alaka da bangarori biyu.

Islam came while slaves existed in all areas of the world, and slavery was a system common in all areas of the world with all people and nations. It is not known of the existence of any area of the earth except that slaves were traded and free persons were enslaved. It is not related about the existence of any land without slavery. Islam viewed that this problem was related to two aspects.

Da farko, ya shafi bayi da aka mayar da su bayi a zahiri, da waɗanda darajarsu ta faɗi daga matsayin mutunci da suke da shi a idon sauran mutane masu 'yanci, aka ɗauke su kamar sauran kayayyaki da ake sayarwa, ana saye da sayarwa, ana ciniki da su. Don haka ya zama wajibi a yi musu magani wanda zai kai ga 'yantar da waɗannan bayi da mayar da su mutane masu 'yanci. Dangane da kashi na biyu, ya shafi bautar da mutane. Ya zama wajibi a yi mata magani ta hanyar sanya iyaka ga bauta. Saboda haka sai ayoyi da hadisai suka zo suna magance waɗannan al'amura guda biyu, da magani mai amfani ga ɗan Adam, bisa hakikanin halin ɗan Adam da kuma hakikanin alaƙar da ke tsakanin daidaikun mutane da al'ummomi.