Sahih Muslim Book - 1, Hadith - 387

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ سَأَلَ الشَّعْبِيَّ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو إِنَّ مَنْ قِبَلَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ يَقُولُونَ فِي الرَّجُلِ إِذَا أَعْتَقَ أَمَتَهُ ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا فَهُوَ كَالرَّاكِبِ بَدَنَتَهُ فَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَأَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَآمَنَ بِهِ وَاتَّبَعَهُ وَصَدَّقَهُ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَعَبْدٌ مَمْلُوكٌ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَحَقَّ سَيِّدِهِ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَرَجُلٌ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ فَغَذَاهَا فَأَحْسَنَ غِذَاءَهَا ثُمَّ أَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ لِلْخُرَاسَانِيِّ خُذْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِغَيْرِ شَيْءٍ فَقَدْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَرْحَلُ فِيمَا دُونَ هَذَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

It was narrated that Salih bin Salih Al-Hamdani said: "I saw a man from the people of Khurasan asking Ash-Sha'bi: 'O Abu 'Amr! Among the people of Khurasan who came before us, if a man freed his slave woman and married her, they would say that he is like a man who rode his sacrificial animal.' Ash-Sha'bi said: 'Abu Burdah bin Abi Musa narrated to me from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "There are three who will be given a double reward: A man among the people of the Book who believed in his Prophet, then lived to see the Prophet (s.a.w) and followed him and believed in him - he will have a double reward. And a slave who fulfills his duty towards Allah and towards his master - he will have a double reward. And a man who had a slave woman whom he fed and fed her well, and taught her and taught her well, then he set her free and married her - he will have a double reward. " ' Then Ash-Sha'bi said to the Khurasani: 'Take this Hadith with no effort, for a man would travel to Al-Madinah for less than this."'