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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب العتقBook of Emancipation
بَابُ وَعِيدِ الْعَبْدِ إِذَا نَقَصَ مِن صديهِ أو توَلَّى غَيْرَ مَوَالِيْهِ أَوْ سَرِقَ أَوْ أَبَقَChapter on the Threat to the Slave Who Defrauds His Master, Turns to Other Than His Masters, Steals, or Runs Away
Hadith 5255
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْمَمْلُوكَ لَيُحَاسَبُ بِصَلَاتِهِ فَإِنْ نَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قِيلَ لَهُ نَقَصْتَ مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ سَلَّطْتَ عَلَيَّ مَلِيكًا شَغَلَنِي عَنْ صَلَاتِي فَيَقُولُ قَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ تَسْرِقُ مِنْ مَالِهِ لِنَفْسِكَ فَهَلَّا سَرَقْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْ عَمَلِكَ أَوْ عَمَلِهِ قَالَ فَيَتَّخِذُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْحُجَّةَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Surely the prayer of the slave will be accounted for. If he has been deficient in it, it will be said to him: You have been deficient. He will say: O my Lord! You set over me a master who kept me busy away from prayer. Allah Almighty will say: I saw that you used to steal his wealth for your own self, so why did you not, for your own deeds or by stealing from his work, (perform the prayer)? Thus, Allah Almighty will establish the proof against him.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The meaning of the last sentence is that the time given to the slave for eating, drinking, and sleeping, he would perform the prayer (salah) within that time; or when he was engaged in duties related to serving his master, he would find time for prayer in such a way that the master would not become aware of it.
