He who sets free a Muslim slave, Allah will deliver from the fire of Hell every part of hi…

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Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Hadith text: He who sets free a Muslim slave, Allah will deliver fro…

عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: «من أعتق رقبة مسلمة أعتق الله بكل عضو منه، عضوًا منه في النار، حتى فرجه بفرجه».

Explanation of the hadith: He who sets free a Muslim slave, Allah will deliver fro…

This Hadīth states the virtue of manumitting Muslim slaves; whoever frees a slave, it is as if he has freed his own entire body from the Hellfire. Freeing Muslim slaves empowers Muslims by ridding them of the humiliation of slavery.

Categories : Jurisprudence of Transactions · Manumission · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles

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