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bukhari:2544 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Muṭarrif > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He who has a slave-girl and educates and treats her nicely and then manumits and marries her, will get a double reward."

البخاري:٢٥٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَمِعَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَعَالَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ

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abudawud:2053 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbthar > Muṭarrif > ʿĀmir > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

Abu Dawud reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “Anyone who sets his slave girl free and then marries her, will have a double reward.”

أبو داود:٢٠٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ جَارِيَتَهُ وَتَزَوَّجَهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ

ahmad:19564 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud al-Hāshimī > Abū Zubayd > Muṭarrif > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

Abu Dawud reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “Anyone who sets his slave girl free and then marries her, will have a double reward.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2053)

أحمد:١٩٥٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ

bazzar:2581 –
Translation not available.
البزّار:٢٥٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَعَالَهَا وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ

suyuti:23027a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٢٣٠٢٧a –

"مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَحْسَنَ تأدِيبَهَا، وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا، ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ اثْنَانِ".

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