Hadith 8959

عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي عَمَلًا يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتَ أَقْصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ لَقَدْ أَعْرَضْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ أَعْتِقِ النَّسَمَةَ وَفُكَّ رَقَبَةً فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَلَيْسَتَا بِوَاحِدَةٍ قَالَ لَا إِنَّ عِتْقَ النَّسَمَةِ أَنْ تَفَرَّدَ بِعِتْقِهَا وَفَكَّ الرَّقَبَةِ أَنْ تُعِينَ فِي عِتْقِهَا وَالْمِنْحَةُ الْوَكُوفُ وَالْفَيْءُ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ الظَّالِمِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ فَأَطْعِمِ الْجَائِعَ وَاسْقِ الظَّمْآنَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ فَكُفَّ لِسَانَكَ إِلَّا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Teach me an action that will admit me into Paradise? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Although you have asked a brief question, the matter you have raised is great. The answer is that you should free a complete slave or contribute a share in the freeing of a slave. I said: Are ‘Itqun-Nasamah and Fakkur-Raqabah not the same thing? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, ‘Itqun-Nasamah means that you yourself free a complete slave, and Fakkur-Raqabah means that you contribute a share in the freeing of a slave; giving in charity an animal that gives much milk, showing kindness to an oppressive relative and doing good to him. So if you do not have the strength for this, then feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, enjoin good and forbid evil. And if you do not have the strength for even this, then restrain your tongue, except for matters of goodness.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / مسائل الترغيب فى الأعمال الصالحة / 8959
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
Hadith Takhrij «اسناده صحيح، أخرجه الدارقطني: 2/ 135، والطيالسي: 739، واليبھقي: 10/ 272، وابن حبان: 374 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 18647 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 18850»