It was the desire of the Prophet to universalize education by providing equal opportunities to women, specifically slave girls. Considering the social environment of the time, in which the slave girls would not have a chance to get themselves educated, the mode of education was adapted by the Prophet to provide opportunities to the needs of the learner group.
Hence the Prophet not only encouraged people to learn but also urged them to teach even slave girls at home, refine them, release them from slavery and even marry them.
Once he said that three persons would have double reward from God. One of them was a master of a woman slave who taught her good manners, educated her in the best possible way, released her from slavery and then married her. (Bukhari, 1971, Hadith No 1.97A, p.78)
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