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Chapter 238
ِﻪﻴﻟاﻮﻣ ﱠﻖﺣو ِﷲا ﱠﻖﺣ يدﺆﻳ يﺬﻟا كﻮﻠﻤﻤﻟا ﻞﻀﻓ بﺎﺑ
The Merit of the Dutiful Slave
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ﺎﻤُﻬْﻨَﻋ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ﻲﺿر ، َﺮَﻤُﻋ ﻦﺑا ﻦَﻋ
َلﺎﻗ ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا لﻮُﺳَر ﱠنَأ ،
:
َﺢﺼَﻧ اذإ ﺪْﺒَﻌﻟا ﱠنإ
ِﻦْﻴﺗﱠﺮﻣ ُﻩُﺮْﺟَأ ُﻪَﻠَﻓ ، ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا َةدﺎﺒِﻋ َﻦَﺴْﺣَأَو ، ِﻩِﺪﱢﻴﺴِﻟ
«
ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ٌﻖﻔﺘﻣ
.
1362.
Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying,
"
When a slave is sincere to his master and worships Allah well, He will have a double reward
.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary:
Looking to the welfare of the master mean that the slave serves his master honestly and takes good
care of his possessions. Worship of Allah here means obedience of Islamic injunctions and obligations. A slave who
is loyal to his master and adheres to religious injunctions stands to earn a double reward.
1363
َلﺎَﻗ ، ُﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ﻲﺿر ، َةَﺮﻳﺮُه ﻲﺑأ ْﻦَﻋو
:
ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ُلﻮُﺳَر َلﺎَﻗ
:
»
ِكﻮُﻠْﻤﻤﻟا ِﺪﺒﻌﻠﻟ
ِناَﺮْﺟَأ ِﺢﻠْﺼُﻤﻟا
«
،
ُﺖﺒﺒْﺣﻷ ، ﻲﱢﻣُأ ﱡﺮِﺑو ،ﱡﺞَﺤﻟاو ، ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ِﻞﻴِﺒَﺳ ﻲﻓ ُدﺎَﻬﺠﻟا ﻻْﻮَﻟ ِﻩِﺪَﻴﺑ ةَﺮﻳَﺮُه ﻲﺑأ ُﺲﻔَﻧ يِﺬﱠﻟاو
ْنأ
ٌكﻮﻠْﻤﻣ ﺎَﻧأو َتﻮُﻣأ
.
ِﻪﻴﻠﻋ ٌﻖﻔﺘﻣ
.
1363.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "
The faithful
and diligent slave will have a double reward
.'' (Abu Hurairah added:)
By Him in Whose Hand the soul of Abu
Hurairah is! but for Jihad in the Cause of Allah, and Hajj and kindness to my mother, I would have preferred to die
as a slave
.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary:
"
Muslih
'' translated here as "
faithful
'' is that slave who is a well-wisher of his master and a devout
worshipper of Allah. When a person is a slave he can neither take part in Jihad on his own nor perform Hajj nor
serve his parents because he is bound by the will of his master. What Abu Hurairah has stated here is that had it not
been of the excellence of Jihad, Hajj and righteousness to the parents, he would have liked to be a slave because then
he would have got double reward promised by the Prophet (PBUH).
1364
لﺎﻗ ، ُﻪْﻨﻋ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ﻲﺿر ، ﱢيِﺮَﻌْﺷَﻷا ﻰَﺳﻮُﻣ ﻲﺑأ ْﻦَﻋو
:
ﻟا ُلﻮُﺳَر َلﺎﻗ
ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ِﻪﱠﻠ
:
»
ُكﻮُﻠْﻤﻤﻟا
ِناَﺮْﺟأ ٌُﻪﻟ ، ِﺔَﻋﺎﱠﻄﻟاو ، ِﺔَﺤﻴِﺼﱠﻨﻟاو ، ﱢﻖﺤﻟا َﻦِﻣ ِﻪﻴﻠﻋ يﺬﻟا ِﻩِﺪﱢﻴَﺳ ﻰﻟإ يﱢدﺆُﻳَو ، ِﻪﱢﺑَر َةَدﺎَﺒِﻋ ُﻦِﺴْﺤُﻳ يﺬﻟا
«
ُﻩاور
ﱡيرﺎﺨﺒﻟا
.
1364.
Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "
A
slave who worships his Rubb (Allah) well and discharges efficiently and faithfully the duties which are assigned to
him by his master, will have a double reward
.''
[Al-Bukhari].
Commentary:
In this Hadith the services of the master, his obedience and loyalty are subject to the condition that in
all these matters the slave does not go against the Divine injunctions. That is, he obeys only such orders of his
master which do not incur the disobedience of Allah because in that case obedience of anyone is forbidden. In fact,
the disobedience of unlawful orders is essential.
1365
َلﺎَﻗ ُﻪْﻨَﻋو
:
ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ُلﻮُﺳر َلﺎَﻗ
:
»
ِناﺮْﺟَأ ْﻢُﻬﻟ ٌﺔﺛﻼﺛ
:
ﻦﻣﺁ بﺎﺘﻜﻟا ِﻞْهَأ ْﻦِﻣ ٌﻞُﺟَر
ﻣﺁو ﻪﱠﻴﺒﻨﺑ
َﻦَﺴْﺣﺄَﻓ ﺎﻬﺑﱠدَﺄَﻓ ٌﺔﻣَأ ُﻪَﻟ ْﺖَﻧﺎآ ﻞُﺟَرَو ، ِﻪﻴِﻟاَﻮَﻣ ﱠﻖﺣَو ، ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ﱠﻖﺣ ىﱠدأ اذإ ُكﻮُﻠْﻤَﻤﻟا ُﺪْﺒﻌﻟاو ، ٍﺪﻤَﺤُﻤﺑ َﻦ
ناَﺮْﺟَأ ُﻪَﻠَﻓ ، ﺎَﻬَﺟﱠوَﺰَﺘَﻓ ﺎَﻬَﻘﺘْﻋَأ ﱠﻢُﺛ ، ﺎﻬَﻤﻴِﻠْﻌَﺗ َﻦَﺴْﺣَﺄَﻓ ﺎﻬﻤﱠﻠﻋَو ، ﺎﻬَﺒﻳِدْﺄَﺗ
«
ِﻪﻴﻠَﻋ ٌﻖﻔﺘﻣ
.
1365.
Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
"
Three kinds of people will have a double reward: A man from the People of the Book who believes in his Prophet
and (also) believes in Muhammad; a slave who discharges properly the duties towards Allah and towards his master;
and a man who possesses a slave-girl and teaches her manners, educates her well, and frees her and then marries
her
.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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