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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب العتق
Book of Emancipation
بَابُ ثَوَابِ الْعَبْدِ إِذَا أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَأَطَاعَ سَيدَهُ وَوَعِيدِهِ إِذَا خَالَفَ
Chapter on the Reward of the Slave Who Obeys Allah the Exalted and His Master, and the Threat If He Disobeys
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 5250 — on the Reward of the Slave Who Obeys Allah
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا أَطَاعَ الْعَبْدُ رَبَّهُ وَسَيِّدَهُ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أُعْتِقَ أَبُو رَافِعٍ بَكَى فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ قَالَ كَانَ لِي أَجْرَانِ فَذَهَبَ أَحَدُهُمَا
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: When a slave obeys both his Lord and his master, he receives a double reward. The narrator says: When Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) was set free, he began to weep. When he was asked what was making him cry, he said: I used to have two rewards, and now one of them has ended.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The meaning of this exalted statement of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is not that the status of a slave is greater than that of a free person, because freedom comprises many characteristics and distinctions.
