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nasai-kubra:4995 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah said: "There are three who are promised the help of Allah: The Mukatab who wants to buy his freedom, the one who gets married seeking to keep himself chaste, and the Mujahid who fights in the cause of Allah." *Mukatab: the slave who has made a contract of manumission. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3218)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «ثَلَاثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ عَوْنُهُمُ الْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:3120 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'"  

النسائي:٣١٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلاَثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ عَوْنُهُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الأَدَاءَ  

nasai:3218 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah said: "There are three who are promised the help of Allah: The Mukatab who wants to buy his freedom, the one who gets married seeking to keep himself chaste, and the Mujahid who fights in the cause of Allah." *Mukatab: the slave who has made a contract of manumission.  

النسائي:٣٢١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلاَثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ عَوْنُهُمُ الْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الأَدَاءَ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ  

tirmidhi:1655 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There are three for whom it is a right upon Allah to help him: The Mujahid in the cause of Allah, the Mukatab who intends to fulfill (the Kitabah), and the one getting married who intends chastity."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan.
الترمذي:١٦٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلاَثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَوْنُهُمُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الأَدَاءَ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
ibnmajah:2518 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAbd Allāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

the warrior in the path of Allah, the mukatab seeking to fulfill (his manumission debt), and the one getting married seeking chastity."  

ابن ماجة:٢٥١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلاَثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَوْنُهُ الْغَازِي فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الأَدَاءَ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ التَّعَفُّفَ  

ahmad:9631 – Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)   

أحمد:٩٦٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ ﷻ عَوْنُهُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ﷻ وَالنَّاكِحُ لِيَسْتَعْفِفَ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ  

ahmad:7416 – Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)   

أحمد:٧٤١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثٌ كُلُّهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَىاللهِ عَوْنُهُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ الْمُسْتَعْفِفُ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ  

hakim:2859 – Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Muthanná al-ʿAnbarī > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)   

الحاكم:٢٨٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُعِينَهُمْ الْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَعِفَّ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط مسلم
hakim:2678 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥāfiẓ > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)   

الحاكم:٢٦٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُعِينَهُمُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَعِفَّ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط مسلم

ذِكْرُ مَعُونَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْقَاصِدَ فِي نِكَاحِهِ الْعَفَافَ، وَالنَّاوِيَ فِي كِتَابَتِهِ الْأَدَاءَ

ibnhibban:4030 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)   

ابن حبّان:٤٠٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «ثَلَاثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُعِينَهُمُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَعِفَّ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ»  

nasai-kubra:4313 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ عَوْنُهُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ  

nasai-kubra:5307 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd Abū Rajāʾ > al-Layth > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd / Ibn Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٣٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو رَجَاءٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «ثَلَاثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ ﷻ عَوْنُهُمْ الْمُكَاتَبُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ وَالنَّاكِحُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»  

bayhaqi:13456 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad Abū ʿĀṣim > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah > Rasūl Allāh Ṣllá

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)   

البيهقي:١٣٤٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ عَوْنُهُمُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ  

bayhaqi:21612 – Abū Saʿd al-Zāhid And ʾAbū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Abū al-Maʿrūf al-Faqīh > Abū ʿAmr Ismāʿīl b. Nujayd al-Sulamī > Abū Muslim al-Kajjī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"There are three, all of whom have a promise of help from Allah: 'The Mujahid who strives in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime; the man who gets married, seeking to keep himself chaste; and the slave who has a contract of manumission and wants to buy his freedom.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3120)   

البيهقي:٢١٦١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الزَّاهِدُ وَأَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَعْرُوفِ الْفَقِيهُ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نُجَيْدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَجِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةٌ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ عَوْنُهُمُ الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالنَّاكِحُ يُرِيدُ الْعَفَافَ وَالْمُكَاتَبُ يُرِيدُ الْأَدَاءَ  

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السيوطي:١٣٢٢٢a –

"ثَلَاثَةٌ حَقٌّ على اللَّه عونُهُمْ: المجاهِدُ في سبيلِ اللَّه، وَالمكاتبُ الَّذِى يُرِيدُ الأَدَاءَ، والناكِحُ الَّذِى يُريدُ العفافَ".  

[حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي حسن، [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [حب] ابن حبّان [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أَبى هريرة