A Man Must Educate His Slave Girl and His Family

A man must educate his slave girl and his family, because Prophet Muhammad PBUH saying Narrated Abu Burda’s father about who will have reward twice as muslim.

What Prophet Muhammad PBUH has said about education and reward on giving education.

Narrated Abu Burda’s father: The Prophet said, “Three persons will get their reward twice. (One is) a person who has a slave girl and he educates her properly and teaches her good manners properly (without violence) and then manumits and marries her. Such a person will get a double reward. (Another is) a believer from the people of the scriptures who has been a true believer and then he believes in the Prophet (Muhammad). Such a person will get a double reward. (The third is) a slave who observes Allah’s Rights and Obligations and is sincere to his master.” – Sahih Bukhari

Interpretation

There is a clear mention of a slave girl in accordance with the hadith, And the wife has been speculated on this. The People of the Book refer to the Jews and Christians who converted to Islam. It is also clear from this hadith that along with education, it is also necessary to teach discipline and give excellent training. If there is no good training with knowledge, then such knowledge will not be fully utilized. It was also revealed that the forefathers of the ummah used to travel long distances and endure immense hardships in order to obtain a single hadith.