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bukhari:97Muḥammad > Ibn Salām > al-Muḥāribī > Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥayyān > Qāl ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah from his father > Qāl Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said "Three persons will have a double reward: 1. A Person from the people of the scriptures who believed in his prophet (Jesus or Moses) and then believed in the Prophet ﷺ Muhammad (i .e. has embraced Islam). 2. A slave who discharges his duties to Allah and his master. 3. A master of a woman-slave who teaches her good manners and educates her in the best possible way (the religion) and manumits her and then marries her."  

البخاري:٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ قَالَ قَالَ عَامِرٌ الشَّعْبِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «ثَلاَثَةٌ لَهُمْ أَجْرَانِ: (١) رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَآمَنَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، (٢) وَالْعَبْدُ الْمَمْلُوكُ إِذَا أَدَّى حَقَّ اللَّهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ، (٣) وَرَجُلٌ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ أَمَةٌ (يَطَؤُهَا) فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ۔»  

ثُمَّ قَالَ عَامِرٌ أَعْطَيْنَاكَهَا بِغَيْرِ شَىْءٍ قَدْ كَانَ يُرْكَبُ فِيمَا دُونَهَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3446Muḥammad b. Muqātil > ʿAbdullāh > Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥa > a man from Ahl Khurāsān > Lilshhaʿbī > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a person teaches his slave girl good manners properly, educates her properly, and then manumits and marries her, he will get a double reward. And if a man believes in Jesus and then believes in me, he will get a double reward. And if a slave fears his Lord (i.e. Allah) and obeys his masters, he too will get a double reward."  

البخاري:٣٤٤٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ حَىٍّ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ قَالَ لِلشَّعْبِيِّ فَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ

عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَدَّبَ الرَّجُلُ أَمَتَهُ فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا آمَنَ بِعِيسَى ثُمَّ آمَنَ بِي فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَالْعَبْدُ إِذَا اتَّقَى رَبَّهُ وَأَطَاعَ مَوَالِيَهُ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ  

bukhari:3011ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥa Abū Ḥasan > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Three persons will get their reward twice. (One is) a person who has a slave girl and he educates her properly and teaches her good manners properly (without violence) and then manumits and marries her. Such a person will get a double reward. (Another is) a believer from the people of the scriptures who has been a true believer and then he believes in the Prophet ﷺ (Muhammad). Such a person will get a double reward. (The third is) a slave who observes Allah's Rights and Obligations and is sincere to his master."  

البخاري:٣٠١١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ حَىٍّ أَبُو حَسَنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَاهُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلاَثَةٌ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ الرَّجُلُ تَكُونُ لَهُ الأَمَةُ فَيُعَلِّمُهَا فَيُحْسِنُ تَعْلِيمَهَا وَيُؤَدِّبُهَا فَيُحْسِنُ أَدَبَهَا ثُمَّ يُعْتِقُهَا فَيَتَزَوَّجُهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَمُؤْمِنُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا ثُمَّ آمَنَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَالْعَبْدُ الَّذِي يُؤَدِّي حَقَّ اللَّهِ وَيَنْصَحُ لِسَيِّدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ وَأَعْطَيْتُكَهَا بِغَيْرِ شَىْءٍ وَقَدْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَرْحَلُ فِي أَهْوَنَ مِنْهَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ  

bukhari:5083Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāliḥ al-Hamdānī > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah from his father

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, any man who has a slave girl whom he educates properly, teaches good manners, manumits and marries her, will get a double reward And if any man of the people of the Scriptures believes in his own prophet and then believes in me too, he will (also) get a double reward And any slave who fulfills his duty to his master and to his Lord, will (also) get a double reward."  

البخاري:٥٠٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ وَلِيدَةٌ فَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا وَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَآمَنَ بِي فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا مَمْلُوكٍ أَدَّى حَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ وَحَقَّ رَبِّهِ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ خُذْهَا بِغَيْرِ شَىْءٍ قَدْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَرْحَلُ فِيمَا دُونَهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَعْتَقَهَا ثُمَّ أَصْدَقَهَا  

nasai:3344Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿĀmir > Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá > Abū Mūsá

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There are three who will be given a twofold reward: A man who has a slave woman whom he disciplines and disciplines her well, and teaches and teaches her well, then he manumits her and marries her; a slave who fulfills his duty toward Allah and toward his masters; and a believer from among the People of the Book.'"  

النسائي:٣٣٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلاَثَةٌ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَعَبْدٌ يُؤَدِّي حَقَّ اللَّهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ وَمُؤْمِنُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ  

ibnmajah:1956ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥa > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

'Whoever has a slave woman and teaches her good manners and educates her, then sets her free and marries her, will have two rewards. Any man from among the People of the Book who believed in his Prophet and believed in Muhammad will have two rewards. Any slave who does his duty towards Allah and towards his masters will have two rewards.” (Sahih)(one of the narrators) Salih said: “Sha'bi said: 'I have given this (Hadith) to you for little effort on your part. A rider would travel to Al-Madinah for less than this.' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٩٥٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَىٍّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَآمَنَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مَمْلُوكٍ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ قَالَ صَالِحٌ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا بِغَيْرِ شَىْءٍ إِنْ كَانَ الرَّاكِبُ لَيَرْكَبُ فِيمَا دُونَهَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ  

ahmad:19532ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ṣāliḥ al-Thawrī > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Whoever has a slave girl and teaches her, and behaves well towards her, and teaches her good manners, and then frees her and marries her, he will have two rewards. And a servant who fulfills the rights of Allah (may He be exalted) and the rights of his slaves, and a man from the people of the Book who believes in what Jesus brought and what Muhammad ﷺ brought, he will have two rewards."  

أحمد:١٩٥٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ صَالِحٍ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ فَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا وَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا وَأَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَعَبْدٌ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللهِ ﷻ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ عِيسَى وَمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ  

ahmad:19602Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ṣāliḥ > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "There are three types of people who will receive their rewards twice. A man who had a slave girl and he educated her and treated her well, and then he freed her and married her. And a slave who fulfilled the rights of his Lord and his master. And a man who believed in his book and in Muhammad ﷺ ." Ash-Sha'abi said to me, "Take it without any condition, even if you have to travel all the way to Kerman, it will be easy for you."  

أحمد:١٩٦٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ يُؤْتَوْنَ أُجُورَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَافَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَمَمْلُوكٌ أَعْطَى حَقَّ رَبِّهِ ﷻ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ وَرَجُلٌ آمَنَ بِكِتَابِهِ وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ خُذْهَا بِغَيْرِ شَيْءٍ وَلَوْ سِرْتَ فِيهَا إِلَى كَرْمَانَ لَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يَسِيرًا  

ahmad:19712ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

'Whoever has a slave woman and teaches her good manners and educates her, then sets her free and marries her, will have two rewards. Any man from among the People of the Book who believed in his Prophet and believed in Muhammad will have two rewards. Any slave who does his duty towards Allah and towards his masters will have two rewards.” (Sahih)(one of the narrators) Salih said: “Sha'bi said: 'I have given this (Hadith) to you for little effort on your part. A rider would travel to Al-Madinah for less than this.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1956)   

أحمد:١٩٧١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْكَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَآمَنَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مَمْلُوكٍ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللهِ ﷻ عَلَيْهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ  

nasai-kubra:5477Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿĀmir > Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá > Abū Mūsá

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There are three who will be given a twofold reward: A man who has a slave woman whom he disciplines and disciplines her well, and teaches and teaches her well, then he manumits her and marries her; a slave who fulfills his duty toward Allah and toward his masters; and a believer from among the People of the Book.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3344)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٤٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةٌ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَعَبْدٌ يُؤَدِّي حَقَّ اللهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ وَمُؤْمِنُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ  

bayhaqi:15802Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. Ḥibbān al-Tammār al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān b. Saʿīd > Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Shaʿbī > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever has a slave woman, and he educates her well and teaches her well, and then he frees her and marries her, he will have two rewards. And whichever slave performs the rights of Allah and the rights of his master, he will have two rewards."  

البيهقي:١٥٨٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حِبَّانَ التَّمَّارُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا وَأَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا؛ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مَمْلُوكٍ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ؛ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ أُخَرَ عَنْ صَالِحٍ
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"ثَلَاثَةٌ يُؤتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُم مرتين: رجل من أَهلِ الكتابِ آمن بنبيه وَأَدرك النبى ﷺ فآمنَ به واتبعه وصدَّقه فله أجران، وعبد مملوك أدَّى حقَّ اللَّه وحقَّ سيِّدِه فله أَجْران، ورجل كانت له أَمةٌ فَغَذَّاها فأحسَنَ عداءَها ثُمَّ أَدَّبها فأحسن تأدِيبها وعلَّمها فأَحسنَ تعليمها ثم أعتقها وتزوجها فلَه أَجران".  

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