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Sahih al-Bukhari 2531 (Book 49, Hadith 15) #2422
Manumission of a Slave for Allah's Sake

SUMMARY: The hadith is about Abu Huraira's journey to the Prophet (ﷺ) and his manumission of a slave for Allah's sake.

Narrated Abu Huraira: On my way to the Prophet I was reciting:-- 'What a long tedious tiresome night! Nevertheless, it has saved us From the land of Kufr (disbelief)'. I had a slave who ran away from me on the way. When I went to the Prophet and gave the pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam, the slave showed up while I was still with the Prophet who remarked, "O Abu Huraira! Here is your slave!" I said, "I manumit him for Allah's Sake," and so I freed him.
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ قُلْتُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ يَا لَيْلَةً مِنْ طُولِهَا وَعَنَائِهَا عَلَى أَنَّهَا مِنْ دَارَةِ الْكُفْرِ نَجَّتِ قَالَ وَأَبَقَ مِنِّي غُلاَمٌ لِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ ـ قَالَ ـ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ بَايَعْتُهُ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِذْ طَلَعَ الْغُلاَمُ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، هَذَا غُلاَمُكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ هُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ‏.‏ فَأَعْتَقْتُهُ‏.‏ لَمْ يَقُلْ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ حُرٌّ‏.‏

TOPICS
slave  *  journey  *  istifrad  *  abd  *  safar  *  rasulullah  *  allah  *  manumission  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your wealth and possessions; Free slaves; Do good deeds sincerely for God's sake alone; Worship Him through your actions etc..

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith narrates the story of Abu Huraira on his way to meet the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. On his journey, he was reciting a poem about how a long night can save one from disbelief. During this time, he had a slave who ran away from him but when he went to pledge allegiance to Islam at the presence of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his slave showed up again. In response to this event, Abu Huraira decided to manumit him for Allah's sake and freed him as an act of worship towards God. This hadith teaches us that we should be generous with our wealth and possessions in order to please God and that freeing slaves is an act that will be rewarded by Him. It also shows us how even small acts such as freeing slaves can have great rewards in both this world and in the hereafter if done with sincerity for His sake alone.

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