صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب البر والإحسانBook of Righteousness and Goodness
باب ما جاء في الطاعات وثوابها - ذكر الخصال التي إذا استعملها المرء أو بعضها كان من أهل الجنة
Chapter on Acts of Obedience and Their Rewards – Qualities by which, if a person practices them, he is among the people of Paradise.
Hadith 374
أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعِجْلِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، عَلِّمْنِي عَمَلا يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ ، قَالَ : " لَئِنْ كُنْتَ أَقْصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ ، فَقَدْ أَعْرَضْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ : أَعْتِقِ النَّسَمَةَ ، وَفُكَّ الرَّقَبَةَ " ، قَالَ : أَوَ لَيْسَتَا بِوَاحِدَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : لا ، عِتْقُ النَّسَمَةِ أَنْ تَفَرَّدَ بِعِتْقِهَا ، وَفَكُّ الرَّقَبَةِ أَنْ تُعْطِي فِي ثَمَنِهَا ، وَالْمِنْحَةُ الْوَكُوفُ وَالْفَيْءُ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ الْقَاطِعِ ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَاكَ ، فَأَطْعِمِ الْجَائِعَ ، وَاسْقِ الظَّمْآنَ ، وَمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ، وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ ، فَكُفَّ لِسَانَكَ إِلا مِنْ خَيْرٍ " .
Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A Bedouin came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Tell me about a deed that will admit me into Paradise. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You have used few words but asked about a great matter. Free a soul (i.e., a slave man or woman) and set a neck free. He asked: Are these not the same thing? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, freeing a soul means that you simply set him free, and setting a neck free means that you pay his price (and free another person’s slave). Give such a gift that continues (to benefit), and spend on a relative who does not maintain ties of kinship. And if you do not have the ability for this, then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, enjoin good, and forbid evil. And if you do not have the ability for even this, then restrain your tongue except for good words.
