عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْقُشَيْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُسْلِمَةً فَهِيَ فِدَاؤُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ عَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِ مُحَرِّرِهِ بِعَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِهِ وَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ أَحَدَ وَالِدَيْهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبَوَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يُغْنِيَهُ اللَّهُ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
Narrated from Sayyiduna Malik bin Amr Qushayri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever frees a Muslim slave, it will be his ransom from the Fire. The words of the narrator ‘Affan are: For every bone of the freed one, every bone of the liberator will be freed from Hell. And whoever finds one of his parents and then does not get himself forgiven (by serving him/her), Allah Almighty will distance him. And whoever takes in an orphan child of Muslim parents, including him in his own food and drink, until Allah Almighty makes that child self-sufficient, Paradise will become obligatory for him.