Matla al-Badrayn fiman yuta ajruhu marratayn
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Matla al-Badrayn fiman yuta ajruhu marratayn (Arabic: مطلع البدرين فيمن يؤتى أجره مرتين, lit. 'The Rising of the Two Full Moons on Those Granted Their Reward Twice') is a hadith treatise by the Egyptian polymath al-Jalal al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH / 1505 CE) that collects Quranic verses and prophetic traditions concerning categories of individuals who receive a twofold reward for their deeds.
Background and Composition
In the introduction to the treatise, al-Suyuti relates that discussion had arisen concerning those who are granted their reward twice. He initially gathered ten such categories mentioned across various hadiths and set them into verse. After coming across additional narrations on the subject, he decided to compile all the relevant traditions into a single standalone booklet.
The work is also recorded in bibliographic sources under variant titles, including Matla al-Badrayn fiman yuta ajrayn and Matla al-Badrayn fiman yuta al-ajr marratayn.
Contents and Structure
The treatise begins by citing Quranic verses addressing doubled rewards, including the verse concerning the wives of the Prophet ﷺ in Surah al-Ahzab, the believers among the People of the Book in Surah al-Qasas, and the promise of twofold mercy in Surah al-Hadid.
Al-Suyuti then examines the hadiths detailing specific deeds and states that earn two rewards. These include foundational reports such as the narration of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari enumerating three categories—a person from the People of the Book who believes in his prophet and then in the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, an enslaved servant who fulfills the rights of God and his master, and a man who educates, emancipates, and marries his female slave—as well as additions reported by Abu Umamah al-Bahili, Abdullah ibn Umar, and Abu Hurayrah.
In total, al-Suyuti gathered more than thirty distinct categories—counted by commentators such as Muhammad ibn Abd al-Baqi al-Zurqani as thirty-seven—and concluded the treatise with a didactic poem (qasidah) summarizing them. Among the categories versified are:
- A woman giving charity to her husband or a relative.
- A jurist (mujtahid) who strives and arrives at the correct ruling.
- Performing ablution (wudu) thoroughly in severe cold, or washing twice.
- Initiating a good practice (sunnah hasanah) or repeating a prayer.
- A martyr who dies at sea or one killed by the People of the Book.
- A student of religious knowledge who successfully attains it.
- Sitting close to the preacher and listening attentively to the Friday sermon.
- Reciting the Quran from a physical copy (mushaf) or reciting it while explaining and clarifying its meanings.
Publication
The work was edited by Salim ibn 'Id al-Hilali and published by Dar al-Hijrah in Dammam (1410 AH / 1989 CE).
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