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ذِكْرُ تَضْعِيفِ الْأَجْرِ لِمَنْ تَزَوَّجَ بِجَارِيَتِهِ بَعْدَ حُسْنِ تَأْدِيبِهَا وَعِتْقِهَا، وَلِمَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ

ibnhibban:4053al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥay > a man from Ahl Khurāsān

[Machine] "To the common people, we say that when a man frees his slave, marries her, and treats her well, he will be rewarded like the one who owns a mount. Sha'bi told me that Abu Burdah informed him from Abu Musa who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When a man educates his slave woman and teaches her well, then frees her and marries her, he will receive double reward. And if a man believes in Jesus and then believes in me, he will receive double reward. And when a servant fears his Lord and obeys his master, he will receive double reward.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ حَيٍّ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ قَالَ

لِلشَّعْبِيِّ إِنَّا نَقُولُ عِنْدَنَا إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا أَعْتَقَ أُمَّ وَلَدِهِ ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا فَهُوَ كَالرَّاكِبِ هَدْيَهُ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَدَّبَ الرَّجُلُ أَمَتَهُ وَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا آمَنَ الرَّجُلُ بِعِيسَى ثُمَّ آمَنَ بِي فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَالْعَبْدُ إِذَا اتَّقَى رَبَّهُ وَأَطَاعَ مَوَالِيَهُ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ»  


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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: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