Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1956
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَىٍّ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَآمَنَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مَمْلُوكٍ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ " . قَالَ صَالِحٌ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَهَا بِغَيْرِ شَىْءٍ . إِنْ كَانَ الرَّاكِبُ لَيَرْكَبُ فِيمَا دُونَهَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Musa reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever has an enslaved woman, educates her and does so well, teaches her and does so well, then frees her and marries her will have two rewards. Any man from the People of the Book who believes in his prophet and then believes in Muhammad will have two rewards. Any enslaved person who fulfills Allah’s due upon him and the due of his masters will have two rewards.’ Salih said: Al-Sha‘bi said, ‘I have given this to you for nothing; a rider would travel to Medina for less than that.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final remark is attributed to al-Sha‘bi by Salih and appears to praise the value of the report; ‘for less than that’ leaves the comparison unstated in the source.
إِنْ كَانَ الرَّاكِبُ لَيَرْكَبُ فِيمَا دُونَهَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ .
The comparison ‘a rider would travel to Medina for less than that’ does not specify what ‘that’ refers to.
Does ‘that’ refer to the report’s value or to a smaller reward or distance?