Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 203

Translation

✧ A man said to ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī: O Abū ʿAmr, we tell among ourselves that when a man frees his umm walad and then marries her, he is like one who mounts his own sacrificial camel. ʿĀmir said: Abū Burda reported to me from his father: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: Three have two rewards: a man from the People of the Book who believes in his prophet and believes in Muhammad ﷺ, so he has two rewards; a slave owned by a master when he fulfills the right of God and the right of his masters; and a man who has a slave woman whom he has intercourse with, and he teaches her good manners, so he excels in teaching her manners, and teaches her knowledge, so he excels in teaching her, then frees her and marries her, so he has two rewards. ʿĀmir said: We have given it to you for nothing, though he used to ride for anything less than it to Madinah.

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