Hadith 18

Chapter 35

باب 35

(35) بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ يَصِلُ ذَا الرَّحِمِ الظَّالِمَ

(35) Chapter: The excellence of someone who maintains relations with relatives
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حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ: جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي عَمَلاً يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ، قَالَ: لَئِنْ كُنْتَ أَقَصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ لَقَدْ أَعْرَضْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ، أَعْتِقِ النَّسَمَةَ، وَفُكَّ الرَّقَبَةَ قَالَ: أَوَ لَيْسَتَا وَاحِدًا؟ قَالَ: لاَ، عِتْقُ النَّسَمَةِ أَنْ تَعْتِقَ النَّسَمَةَ، وَفَكُّ الرَّقَبَةِ أَنْ تُعِينَ عَلَى الرَّقَبَةِ، وَالْمَنِيحَةُ الرَّغُوبُ، وَالْفَيْءُ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ، فَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ، فَكُفَّ لِسَانَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ.


Al-Bara' said, "A bedouin came and said, 'Prophet of Allah! Teach mean action which will enable me to enter the Garden.' He said, "The questionis a broad one, even though you have asked it in only a few words. Free someone.Set a slave free.' He said, 'Are they not the same thing?' 'No,' he replied,'Freeing someone is setting someone free yourself. Setting a slave free isto contribute to the price of setting him free. Lend an animal for milkingwhich has a lot of milk and treat your relatives kindly. If you cannot dothat, then command the good and forbid the bad. If you cannot do that, thenrestrain your tongue from everything except what is good."

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 69

In-book reference: Book 2, Hadith 23

English translation: Book 2, Hadith 69