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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب
Book of Good Treatment of Servants
بَابُ هَلْ يُعِينُ عَبْدَهُ؟
Chapter: Should One Help His Slave?
Al-Adab al-Mufrad 191 — Should One Help His Slave?
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو، عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَعِينُوا الْعَامِلَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ، فَإِنَّ عَامِلَ اللهِ لاَ يَخِيبُ، يَعْنِي: الْخَادِمَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: Help the worker in his work, indeed whoever acts for the sake of Allah is not deprived.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The point is that it is not necessary to have every task done by a servant. A person is not deprived (of reward) by doing work for himself. Therefore, assisting servants and others is also an act of virtue, even if it is one’s own task, as has been mentioned in Hadith number 189. Secondly, it is understood from this that if a person, along with employment or serving others, also obeys Allah, or serves in a matter of obedience to Allah, then this too is a meritorious act.
The point is that it is not necessary to have every task done by a servant. A person is not deprived (of reward) by doing work for himself. Therefore, assisting servants and others is also an act of virtue, even if it is one’s own task, as has been mentioned in Hadith number 189. Secondly, it is understood from this that if a person, along with employment or serving others, also obeys Allah, or serves in a matter of obedience to Allah, then this too is a meritorious act.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 191
