It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When a Muslim slave fulfills the rights of Allah and the rights of his master, he will have a double reward. (Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah said:) By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Abu Hurairah! If striving in the way of Allah, Hajj, and good conduct with my mother did not prevent me, I would have liked that I die in the state that I am a slave."