Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3387

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Mishkat al-Masabih 3387
Arabic hadith text

وَعَن سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ الشَّفَاعَةُ بِهَا تُفَكُّ الرَّقَبَة» . رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي «شعب الْإِيمَان»

Translation

Samurah ibn Jundub reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘The best charity is intercession by which a person is freed.’ Al-Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Translation notes

  • The Arabic expression may be understood as intercession through which a slave is freed; it has been rendered with that sense.