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Sunan Ibn Majah 2513 (Book 19, Hadith 2) #31867
The Value of Keeping Promises

SUMMARY: A man promised to free his slave after his death, but the Prophet ﷺ sold him instead.

It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: "A man among us promised freedom to a slave after his death, and he did not have any property other than him (this slave). So the Prophet sold him, and Ibn (Nahham), a man from Banu 'Adi, bought him".
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ دَبَّرَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا غُلاَمًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَبَاعَهُ النَّبِيُّ فَاشْتَرَاهُ ابْنُ النَّحَّامِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَدِيٍّ

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promise  *  slave  *  sale  *  prophet

QUICK LESSONS:
Keep your promises and fulfill your obligations even if it means making sacrifices or going out of your way. Be mindful of how your actions can affect others and try to do what is best for them in any given situation.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of keeping one's promises. In this hadith, a man made a promise to free his slave after he passed away, but since he did not have any other property besides the slave, the Prophet advised him to sell it instead. This teaches us that we should always keep our promises and fulfill our obligations even if it means making sacrifices or going out of our way. We should also be mindful of how our actions can affect others and try to do what is best for them in any given situation.

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