Is it permissible for a person to free a slave and intend the reward of that for his deceased brother?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person wants to free a slave without a ruling against him and without an expiation, but he says: We hear the hadiths regarding the virtue of freeing a slave, and he says that this freeing is on behalf of his deceased brother as a charity for him. Is that permissible for him?
Answer:
If you know and find a slave who is owned, and you verify that he is owned and a believer, then freeing him brings reward for you and for no one else.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person wants to free a slave without a ruling against him and without an expiation, but he says: We hear the hadiths regarding the virtue of freeing a slave, and he says that this freeing is on behalf of his deceased brother as a charity for him. Is that permissible for him?
Answer:
If you know and find a slave who is owned, and you verify that he is owned and a believer, then freeing him brings reward for you and for no one else.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2893- 4717] هل للشخص أن يعتق رقبة وينوي أجر ذلك لأخيه الميت؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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