Hadith of Malik ibn Amr al-Qushayri (may Allah be pleased with him)

حَدِيثُ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْقُشَيْرِيِّ، ١٩٠٣٠ - حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ، وَعَفَّانُ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْقُشَيْرِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " مَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُسْلِمَةً، فَهِيَ فِدَاؤُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ " قَالَ: عَفَّانُ: " مَكَانَ كُلِّ عَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِ مُحَرَّرِهِ بِعَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظَامِهِ، وَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ أَحَدَ وَالِدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ، فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللهُ، وَمَنْ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبَوَيْنِ (١) مُسْلِمَيْنِ "، قَالَ: عَفَّانُ: " إِلَى طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ حَتَّى يُغْنِيَهُ اللهُ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ " (٢)، ،

It is narrated from Malik bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Whoever frees a Muslim man, it becomes a cause for his freedom from Hell, and for every limb of the freed person, a corresponding limb of his is freed from Hell. Whoever finds either of his parents and still does not attain forgiveness has gone very far. Whoever keeps an orphan child of Muslim parents included in his food and drink until the child becomes independent (starts earning himself), then Paradise is certainly made obligatory for him.