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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1363

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In-book entry
79

Chapter 5

Chapter context: The Merit of the Dutiful Slave

- باب فضل المملوك الذي يؤدي حق الله وحق مواليه

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Hadith text

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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