Islam > Hadiths > Virtues and manners > No son can repay the kindness of his father unless he finds him a slave and buys him and e…
Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : «لاَ يَجْزِي ولدٌ والدًا إلا أن يجده مملوكًا، فَيَشْتَرِيَهُ فَيُعْتِقَهُ».
The son can never repay his father for all the good he has done or fulfill all the rights his father has over him, except if the father was a slave and the son emancipated him by buying him (from his master) and setting him free.
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