[Infidels were] deprived of their rights of freedom without being possessed by anybody.

Ali, Cheragh [Chiragh] (1883) The proposed political, legal and social reforms in the Ottoman empire and other Mohammadan states, Bombay: Education Society’s Press. quoted in — William Gervase Clarence-Smith; W. G. Clarence-Smith (2006). Islam and the Abolition of Slavery. Oxford University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-19-522151-0.