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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب العتق
The Book of Manumission of Slaves
" مَثَلُ الَّذِي يُعْتِقُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي إِذَا شَبِعَ "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: the similitude of a man who emancipates a slave at the time of his death is like that of a man who gives a present after satisfying his appetite.
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- Hadith 3939
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- Hadith 3935
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- Hadith 3956
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- Hadith 3961
A man emancipated six slaved at the time of his death and he had no other property. The Prophet (ﷺ) was informed about it. He cast lots among them, emancipated…
- Hadith 3964
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- Hadith 3963
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