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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب العتقBook of Emancipation
بَابُ فَضْلِ الْعِتْقِ وَالْحَتْ عَلَيْهِChapter on the Virtue of Emancipation and Encouragement for It
Hadith 5207
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ السَّلَمِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَهُوَ عِدْلُ مُحَرَّرٍ وَمَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَعْتَقَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَاعِلٌ وَفَاءَ كُلِّ عَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِهِ عَظْمًا مِنْ عِظَامِ مُحَرَّرِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَأَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ مُسْلِمَةٍ أَعْتَقَتِ امْرَأَةً مُسْلِمَةً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَاعِلٌ وَفَاءَ كُلِّ عَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِهَا عَظْمًا مِنْ عِظَامِ مُحَرَّرِهَا مِنَ النَّارِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Najeeh Salmi that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allah will receive a reward equal to that of freeing a slave. Whoever's hair turns white in the way of Allah, this will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah Almighty will free every bone of the liberator from the Fire in exchange for every bone of the freed one. Similarly, if a woman frees a Muslim woman, Allah Almighty will free every bone of the liberating woman from the Fire in exchange for every bone of the freed one.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … "Fi Sabeelillah" (in the way of Allah): If we consider the customary usage, its meaning will be jihad, i.e., whoever began jihad from the age of black hair and continued this action until the hair turned white. However, it is better to interpret it as referring to every righteous deed, because in some ahadith the white hair of a believer has been described as light (nur) for him, whereas the virtue of jihad is not dependent on white hair; it is superior even without that. And Allah knows best. Whether the hair itself will become light or light will be granted because of them.
