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 Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب العتق / 7242