Hadith 346
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Hadith.3560 - Muhammad ibn Isa al-Ubaydi narrated from al-Fadl ibn al-Mubarak:
He wrote to Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad (as) asking about a man who owns a slave, and the slave becomes ill. Is it better for the man to free him during his illness to gain a greater reward, or to leave him as a servant?
Imam (as) replied
"If it is during his illness, then freeing him is better for him because Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, frees a part of the master from the Fire for every part of the slave that is freed. However, if it is at the time of death, then leaving him as a servant is better than freeing him."
3560 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى اَلْعُبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ اَلْمُبَارَكِ
أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ لَهُ مَمْلُوكٌ فَمَرِضَ أَ يُعْتِقُهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ أَعْظَمُ لِأَجْرِهِ أَوْ يَتْرُكُهُ مَمْلُوكاً فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ فِي مَرَضٍ فَالْعِتْقُ أَفْضَلُ لَهُ لِأَنَّهُ يُعْتِقُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْواً مِنَ اَلنَّارِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي حَالِ حُضُورِ اَلْمَوْتِ فَيَتْرُكُهُ مَمْلُوكاً أَفْضَلُ لَهُ مِنْ عِتْقِهِ".
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Slavery/Captives
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