Continuation of the explanation of the hadith of Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah (may Allah be pleased with them both): (… Which of the slaves is the best? He said: The one with the highest price and the most precious to his family …)

The Shaykh: So our last lesson was in explaining his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Abu Dharr: And it remains for us to explain the following paragraphs of this authentic hadith, but we must re-read the hadith from the beginning, so the author said with his chain of narration: From Abu Dharr: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Which of the deeds is the best? He said: . It was said: So which of the slaves is the best? He said: . He said: What do you think if I am not able to do some of the work? He said: . He said: What do you think if I am weak? He said: .
His saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in response to the questioner's question, "Which of the slaves is the best?" He said: This answer is actually as if it is quoted and derived from His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He): where he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And this is a principle, and that is that the best charity is that which a person's soul and heart are attached to. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in response to a question about the best of slaves: And this is the completion of righteousness, as the previous verse indicated when He (the Exalted) said: ; meaning: You will not attain complete righteousness. This is the meaning of the verse. Otherwise, every expense that its owner spends, he has the reward appropriate to it. So if a person spends something that is disliked to him, but it has an impact on the heart of the one receiving the charity, he has the reward for that. But the complete and fullest reward is for a person to give in charity what he loves and what his soul is attached to; this charity is the best. Likewise, if a person, when the Muslims were not as they are today, when the Muslims were striving in the path of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and captives were obtained by them through lawful Islamic warfare, and the Muslims enslave their sons and daughters and women from the slaves and use them to serve themselves and their wives and children, if the master feels their need for this slave, the best for him is to free the one whose need is attached to him. This is the meaning of the Messenger's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying in response to the question.