سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب العتقThe Book of Manumission of Slaves (Kitab Al-Itaq)
باب فِي ثَوَابِ الْعِتْقِChapter: Regarding The Reward Of Manumitting A Slave.
Hadith 3964
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْلَةَ ، عَنْ الْغَرِيفِ بْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْنَا وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ ، فَقُلْنَا لَهُ : حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ فِيهِ زِيَادَةٌ وَلَا نُقْصَانٌ ، فَغَضِبَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَقْرَأُ وَمُصْحَفُهُ مُعَلَّقٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَيَزِيدُ وَيَنْقُصُ ، قُلْنَا : إِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي صَاحِبٍ لَنَا أَوْجَبَ يَعْنِي النَّارَ بِالْقَتْلِ ، فَقَالَ : " أَعْتِقُوا عَنْهُ يُعْتِقِ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ " .
Narrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa: Al-Arif ibn ad-Daylami said: We went to Wathilah ibn al-Asqa and said to him: Tell us a tradition which has not addition or omission. He became angry and replied: One of you recites when his copy of a Quran is hung up in his house, and he makes additions and omissions. We said: All we mean is a tradition you have heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: We went to the Prophet ﷺ about a friend of ours who deserved. Hell for murder. He said: Emancipate a slave on his behalf; Allah will set free from Hell a member of the body for every member of his.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Merely freeing a slave is not sufficient in the matter of murder.
However, the aforementioned virtue and encouragement for freeing a Muslim slave is established from an authentic hadith, as will be mentioned in the next chapter.
Also, it is narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari from Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah Almighty will save each of his limbs from the Fire in exchange for each limb of the slave.
Merely freeing a slave is not sufficient in the matter of murder.
However, the aforementioned virtue and encouragement for freeing a Muslim slave is established from an authentic hadith, as will be mentioned in the next chapter.
Also, it is narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari from Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah Almighty will save each of his limbs from the Fire in exchange for each limb of the slave.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3964
