49. Manumission of Slaves

٤٩۔ كتاب العتق

49.1 The manumission and its superiority

٤٩۔١ باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْعِتْقِ وَفَضْلِهِ

[Machine] And His saying, Exalted is He: "So, as for he who is in need, then release [him] or feed [him] on a day of severe hunger, an orphan of near relationship."

وَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ}.

bukhari:2517Aḥmad b. Yūnus > ʿĀṣim b. Muḥammad > Wāqid b. Muḥammad > Saʿīd Ibn Marjānah Ṣāḥib ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn > Lī Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah will save all the parts of his body from the (Hell) Fire as he has freed the body-parts of the slave." Saʿid bin Marjana said that he narrated that Hadith to ʿAli bin Al-Husain and he freed his slave for whom ʿAbdullah bin Jaʿfar had offered him ten thousand Dirhams or one-thousand Dinars.  

البخاري:٢٥١٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي وَاقِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدٌ ابْنُ مَرْجَانَةَ صَاحِبُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ

لِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ امْرَأً مُسْلِمًا اسْتَنْقَذَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ ابْنُ مَرْجَانَةَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ فَعَمَدَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ ؓ إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَهُ قَدْ أَعْطَاهُ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَشَرَةَ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ أَوْ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ فَأَعْتَقَهُ