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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب العتق
Book of Freeing Slaves
باب: فضل إعتاق النسمة وفك الرقبة
Chapter: The virtue of freeing a soul and releasing a neck
Bayhaqi 21313 — The virtue of freeing a soul and releasing a neck
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ الزَّاهِدُ، ثنا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ، ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَا: ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، قَالَ: جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ، قَالَ: " لَئِنْ أَقْصَرْتَ فِي الْخُطْبَةِ لَقَدْ أَعْرَضْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ، أَعْتِقِ النَّسَمَةَ، وَفُكَّ الرَّقَبَةَ "، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَهُمَا سَوَاءٌ؟ قَالَ: " لَا، عِتْقُ النَّسَمَةِ أَنْ تَنْفَرِدَ بِهَا، وَفَكُّ الرَّقَبَةِ أَنْ تُعِينَ فِي ثَمَنِهَا، وَالْمِنْحَةُ الْوَكُوفُ، وَالْفَيْءُ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ الظَّالِمِ "، قَالَ: فَمَنْ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: " فَأَطْعِمِ الْجَائِعَ، وَاسْقِ الظَّمْآنَ "، قَالَ: فَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ؟ قَالَ: " مُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ "، قَالَ: فَمَنْ لَمْ يُطِقْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: " فَكُفَّ لِسَانَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ خَيْرٍ " لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ..
Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Tell me of a deed that will admit me into Paradise. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Although you have made your speech short, you have raised a very great (and important) question: free a soul ('itq al-nasamah) and release a neck (fakk al-raqabah)." He said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Are these two not the same? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No. Freeing a soul means that you alone free a slave, and releasing a neck means helping with its price; and giving a milch animal as a gift, and keeping ties with a wrongdoing relative." He said: Who is able to do that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then feed the hungry and give water to the thirsty." He said: What if I am not able to do that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil." He said: And whoever is not able to do that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then restrain your tongue except from good."
