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tabarani:16781 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Qaṭirānī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Hushaym > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Zurārah b. Awfá > Mālik b. ʿAmr

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever takes in an orphan between two Muslims and feeds him until he can support himself, Paradise will be obligatory for him, and whoever sets free a Muslim slave, his freedom will be a ransom for him from the Fire, freeing every part of his body from a part of it."  

الطبراني:١٦٧٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقَطِرَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا بَيْنَ مُسْلِمَيْنِ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْنِيَ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ الْبَتَّةَ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ امْرَأً مُسْلِمًا كَانَتْ فِكَاكَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ يَفْرِي كُلُّ عُضْوٌ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ»  

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ahmad:19025 – Hushaym > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Zurārah b. Awfá > Mālik b. al-Ḥārith a man Minhum

[Machine] "He heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Whoever embraces an orphan between two Muslim parents and feeds him and gives him water until he becomes independent, Paradise is guaranteed for him. And whoever frees a Muslim man, his freedom from the fire will be a reward for each limb of him that he has freed.'"  

أحمد:١٩٠٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا بَيْنَ أَبَوَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْنِيَ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ الْبَتَّةَ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ امْرَأً مُسْلِمًا كَانَ فَكَاكَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ يُجْزِي لِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ  

ahmad:20330 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Zurārah b. Awfá > a man from Qawmih Yuqāl Lah Mālik or Ibn Mālik

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said: "Whoever takes care of an orphan, whether they are a Muslim between two Muslim parents, by providing them with food and drink until they are self-sufficient, Paradise becomes obligatory for them. And whoever frees a slave, whether it be a male or a female Muslim, their liberation from the Fire becomes obligatory. And whoever reaches old age and has both parents or one of them, but does not enter Paradise, then may Allah distance them (from His mercy)."  

أحمد:٢٠٣٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ زَيْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَالِكٌ أَوْ ابْنُ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا بَيْنَ أَبَوَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْنِيَ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ الْبَتَّةَ وَأَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً أَوْ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا كَانَتْ فِكَاكَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ وَالِدَيْهِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللهُ  

ahmad:20331 – Hushaym > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Zurārah b. Awfá > Mālik b. al-Ḥārith a man Minhum

[Machine] "He heard the Prophet ﷺ say: Whoever takes care of an orphan, being a Muslim with two Muslim parents, by providing him with food and drink until he becomes self-sufficient, Paradise is guaranteed for him. And whoever frees a Muslim slave, his reward will be his emancipation from the Fire, limb by limb."  

أحمد:٢٠٣٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا بَيْنَ أَبَوَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْنِيَ عَنْهُ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ الْبَتَّةَ وَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ امْرَأً مُسْلِمًا كَانَ فِكَاكَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ يُجْزَى بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ