Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever frees a believing neck (that is, a male or female slave), it becomes his ransom from Hell."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Qays al-Judhami, and no one has declared him weak.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب العتق / 7253
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ حسن
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