31. Manumission of Slaves

٣١۔ كتاب العتق

31.10 Regarding One Who Manumits Slaves Of His That Exceed One Third Of His Property

٣١۔١٠ باب فِيمَنْ أَعْتَقَ عَبِيدًا لَهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهُمُ الثُّلُثُ

abudawud:3958Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them, divided them into three sections, cast lots among them, and emancipated two and kept four in slavery.  

أبو داود:٣٩٥٨حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلاً شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمْ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

abudawud:3959Abū Kāmil > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn al-Mukhtār > Khālid > Abū Qilābah Biʾisnādih And Maʿnāh Walam Yaqul

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Qilabah through a different chain of narrators on the authority of 'Imran b. Husain to the same effect. But in this version he did not mention "He spoke severely of them."  

أبو داود:٣٩٥٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُخْتَارِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ

عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلاً شَدِيدًا  

abudawud:3960And Hb b. Baqiyyah > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Ṭaḥḥān > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Abū Zayd > a man from al-Anṣār Bimaʿnāh

A man of the Ansar ... The Prophet ﷺ said: Had I been present before his burial, he would not have been buried in a Muslim cemetry.  

أبو داود:٣٩٦٠حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هُوَ الطَّحَّانُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ بِمَعْنَاهُ

وَقَالَ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَوْ شَهِدْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْفَنَ لَمْ يُدْفَنْ فِي مَقَابِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  

abudawud:3961Musaddad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Yaḥyá b. ʿAtīq And ʾAyyūb > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man emancipated six slaved at the time of his death and he had no other property. The Prophet ﷺ was informed about it. He cast lots among them, emancipated two and retained four in slavery.  

أبو داود:٣٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَتِيقٍ وَأَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً