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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Marriage

Sahih Muslim 154b

Chapter: The virute of manumitting one's slave girl, then marrying her

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 154b

Narrator:Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي

الَّذِي يُعْتِقُ جَارِيَتَهُ ثُمَّ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا ‏"‏ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ ‏"

Abu Musa reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said about one who emancipated a slave woman, and then married her, that for him there are two rewards.

Reported by Muslim (No. 154b) and Ahmad (No. 18894).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الَّذِي يُعْتِق جَارِيَته ثُمَّ يَتَزَوَّجهَا ( لَهُ أَجْرَانِ ) هَذَا الْحَدِيث سَبَقَ بَيَانه وَشَرْحه وَاضِحًا فِي كِتَاب الْأَيْمَان حَيْثُ ذَكَرَهُ مُسْلِم , وَإِنَّمَا أَعَادَهُ هُنَا تَنْبِيهًا عَلَى أَنَّ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي صَفِيَّة لِهَذِهِ الْفَضِيلَة الظَّاهِرَة.…

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