Hadith 2538

Manumission of a Mushrik (pagan, polytheist, idolater)

English source

Darussalam · Volume 3

49 - THE BOOK OF MANUMISSION

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 147

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English translation

2538. Narrated Hishām: My father told me that Hākīm bin Hīzām رضي الله عنه manumitted one hundred slaves in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance and slaughtered one hundred camels (and distributed them in charity). When he embraced Islam he again slaughtered one hundred camels and manumitted one hundred slaves. Hākīm said, "I asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, 'O Allāh's Messenger! What do you think about some good deeds I used to practise in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance regarding them as deeds of righteousness?' " Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "You have embraced Islām along with all those good deeds you did."

Arabic text

٢٥٣٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي : «أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ ﵁ أَعْتَقَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِائَةَ رَقَبَةٍ، وَحَمَلَ عَلَى مِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ، فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَ حَمَلَ عَلَى مِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ، وَأَعْتَقَ مِائَةَ رَقَبَةٍ، قَالَ: فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ أَشْيَاءَ كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، كُنْتُ أَتَحَنَّثُ بِهَا؟ يَعْنِي أَتَبَرَّرُ بِهَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَسْلَمْتَ عَلَى مَا سَلَفَ لَكَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ.»

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