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كِتَابُ الْعِتْقِ

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كِتَابُ الْعِتْقِ

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كِتَابُ الْعِتْقِ

كِتَابُ الْعِتْقِ

Zujajat al-Masabih 3440Volume 2

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٣٤٤٠ - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (مَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُسْلِمَةً أَعْتَقَ اللهُ بِكُلِّ عُضْرٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنَ النَّارِ، حَتَّى فَرْجَهُ بِفَرْجِهِ». مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ.

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And the words of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: But he has not broken through the difficult pass. And what can make you know what is the difficult pass? It is the freeing of a slave or feeding on a day of severe hunger an orphan of near relationship or a needy person in misery [Al-Balad: 11-16].

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  • Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 2517 (unverified) 96% confidence
  • Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 3382 (unverified) 86% confidence
  • Candidate: Sahih Muslim 1509a (unverified) 80% confidence

Mishkat (candidate) 3382

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Commentary and footnotes (3)

Chapter-heading commentary

And what can make you know what is the difficult pass? It is the freeing of a slave

(1) The statement: “And what can make you know what is the difficult pass? It is the freeing of a slave”: The Shariah encourages the freeing of a slave through this verse. Thus, it is stated in Al-Mabsut.

Note 2

Whoever frees a Muslim slave, etc.

(2) The statement: “Whoever frees a Muslim slave, etc.”: This indicates that freeing a Muslim is superior to freeing a non-Muslim, which is the opinion of all scholars. This means there is no disagreement that one who frees a non-Muslim slave is rewarded for the emancipation, but it is not equivalent to the reward for freeing a believing slave. The specification of Islam is to increase the reward. This is the essence of what is stated in Umdat Al-Qari, Nayl Al-Awtar, and Al-Mirqat. It is said to him: Any Muslim who frees a believer, Allah will free for every limb of his a limb from the Fire. For this reason, they recommended that a man free a male slave and a woman free a female slave to ensure the correspondence of limbs to limbs.

Note 3

Allah will free for every limb of his a limb from him from the Fire, even his private parts for his private parts

(3) The statement: “Allah will free for every limb of his a limb from him from the Fire, even his private parts for his private parts”: It is stated in Al-Hidayah: Emancipation is a recommended act.