Hadith 345
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Hadith.3559 - Ibrahim ibn Mahziyar narrated from his brother, Ali ibn Mahziyar, who said
I wrote to Imam (as) asking about a slave who is near death, and his master frees him at that moment so that he leaves this world as a free man. Does the master earn a reward for freeing him, or is it better to leave him as a slave so that the master gains a greater reward if he dies while still owned?
Imam (as) wrote: "It is better for the master to leave the slave as a servant at the time of his death, for this brings more reward to the master. Freeing him in such an hour offers no benefit."
3559 - وَ رَوَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ قَالَ
كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ اَلْمَمْلُوكِ يَحْضُرُهُ اَلْمَوْتُ فَيُعْتِقُهُ مَوْلاَهُ فِي تِلْكَ اَلسَّاعَةِ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنَ اَلدُّنْيَا حُرّاً هَلْ لِلْمَوْلَى فِي عِتْقِهِ ذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ أَوْ يَتْرُكُهُ مَمْلُوكاً فَيَكُونُ لَهُ أَجْرٌ إِذَا مَاتَ وَ هُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ لَهُ أَفْضَلُ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "يُتْرَكُ اَلْعَبْدُ مَمْلُوكاً فِي حَالِ مَوْتِهِ فَهُوَ آجَرُ لِمَوْلاَهُ وَ هَذَا اَلْعِتْقُ فِي تِلْكَ اَلسَّاعَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ نَافِعاً لَهُ".
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Slavery/Captives
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