Hadith 31695

Chapter 16

باب 16

(16) باب بِمَنْ يُبْدَأُ بِالْهَدِيَّةِ

(16) Chapter: Who is to be given the gift first?
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وَقَالَ بَكْرٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً لَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا " وَلَوْ وَصَلْتِ بَعْضَ أَخْوَالِكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لأَجْرِكِ ".


Narrated Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) that she manumitted her slave-girl and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, "You would have got more reward if you had given the slave-girl to one of your maternal uncles."

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 2594

In-book reference: Book 51, Hadith 28

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 1, Book 47, Hadith 767