Majma al-Zawaid 7242 — Freeing slaves and helping with it

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عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ : جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي عَمْلًا يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ . قَالَ : لَئِنْ كُنْتَ أَقْصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ لَقَدْ أَعْرَضْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ : اعْتِقِ النَّسَمَةَ وَفُكَّ الرَّقَبَةَ " . قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَلَيْسَتَا بِوَاحِدَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : " لَا إِنَّ عِتْقَ النَّسَمَةِ أَنْ تَفَرَّدَ بِعِتْقِهَا . وَفَكُّ 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 مِنْ خَيْرٍ " .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ ثِقَاتٌ .

Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Teach me a deed that will admit me into Paradise. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You have used few words, but you have asked about a great matter. Free a soul and release a neck. He said: O Messenger of Allah! Are these two not one and the same? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No! Freeing a soul means that you alone free it, and releasing a neck means that you help in freeing it. And (there is) a gift that flows abundantly (or drips, meaning giving an animal for its milk), and giving to a relative who wrongs you. If you are not able to do that, then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil. And if you are not able to do even that, then restrain your tongue from everything except good!
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب العتق / 7242

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