Narrated Abu Huraira:
When I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) said on my way, "O what a long tedious tiresome night; nevertheless, it has rescued me from the place of Heathenism." A slave of mine ran away on the way. When I reached the Prophet (ﷺ) I gave him the oath of allegiance (for Islam), and while I was sitting with him, suddenly the slave appeared. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me. "O Abu Huraira! Here is your slave," I said, "He (i.e. the slave) is (free) for Allah's Sake," and manumitted him.
[poem][/verse][verse]يَا لَيْلَةً مِنْ طُولِهَا وَعَنَائِهَا [/verse][verse]عَلَى أَنَّهَا مِنْ دَارَةِ الْكُفْرِ نَجَّتِ
\n[/verse][verse][poem][/verse][verse]وَأَبَقَ غُلاَمٌ لِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ، [/verse][verse]فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَبَايَعْتُهُ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِذْ طَلَعَ الْغُلاَمُ، فَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ هَذَا غُلاَمُكَ ". فَقُلْتُ هُوَ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى. فَأَعْتَقْتُهُ. \n
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4393 |
| In-book reference | : Book 64, Hadith 416 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 676 |
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