رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1363
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- 79
Chapter 5
Chapter context: The Merit of the Dutiful Slave
- باب فضل المملوك الذي يؤدي حق الله وحق مواليه
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Original Arabic
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
للعبد المملوك المصلح أجران، والذي نفس أبي هريرة بيده لولا الجهاد في سبيل الله والحج، وبر أمي لأحببت أن أموت وأنا مملوك
((متفق عليه))
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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].
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This is Hadith 1363 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 12, The Book of Jihad, as in-book entry 79 under the chapter “The Merit of the Dutiful Slave.”
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