Riyad as-Salihin, 313
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "No son can repay (the kindness shown by his father) unless he finds him a slave and buys him and emancipates him". <b>[Muslim]</b>.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
لاَ يَجْزِي وَلَدٌ وَالِدًا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَجِدَهُ مَمْلُوكًا فَيَشْتَرِيَهُ فَيُعْتِقَهُ
((رواه مسلم)).
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 313
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) The parents enjoy a great right in Islam, and it comes next to fulfilling the right of servitude to Allah Almighty.<br>
2) It is impermissible for a person to enslave his parents or one of them. Were such a thing to occur, it would be one of the portents of the Hour, heralding great evils owing to people’s corruption.<br>
3) Emancipating a slave parent takes place once his son buys him/her. Buying is a cause for emancipation without need for uttering such words like: I have set him/her free.