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ahmad:20001 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , Ayyub, Hisham, and Habib, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Imran ibn Husayn, from the Prophet ﷺ , and from Humaid, Yunus, Qatadah, and Simak ibn Harb, from Al-Hasan, from Imran ibn Husayn, from the Prophet ﷺ , that a man emancipated six of his slaves when he was on his deathbed, where he had no wealth besides them. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hit between them and freed four of them as slaves and emancipated two.  

أحمد:٢٠٠٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَيُّوبَ وهِشَامٍ وَحَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَحُمَيْدٍ وَيُونُسَ وَقَتَادَةَ وسِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَدَّ أَرْبَعَةً فِي الرِّقِّ وَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ نَفَى جَوَازَ اسْتِعْمَالِ الْقُرْعَةِ فِي الْأَحْكَامِ

ibnhibban:5075 – al-Haytham b. Khalaf al-Dūrī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn And Qatādah Waḥumayd Wasimāk b. Ḥarb > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib

[Machine] "That a man freed six of his slaves before his death, and he had no other wealth except them, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ banged his hand between them, freeing two of them and sending back four to slavery."  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الدُّورِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَقَتَادَةَ وَحُمَيْدٍ وَسِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَعَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ

«أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَرَدَّ أَرْبَعَةً فِي الرِّقِّ»  

مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ

tabarani:15544 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Ḥawtharah b. Ashras > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man freed six of his slaves before his death and he did not possess any wealth other than them, therefore the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided to distribute them among themselves, freeing two and returning four to slavery.  

الطبراني:١٥٥٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا حَوْثَرَةُ بْنُ أَشْرَسَ ثنا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ «فَأَقْرَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَرَدَّ أَرْبَعَةً فِي الرِّقِّ»  

nasai-kubra:4958 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > al-Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ayyūb > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥaṣīn And Qatādah Waḥumayd Wasimāk b. Ḥarb > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥaṣīn

[Machine] A man freed six slaves he had upon his death, and he had no other wealth besides them. So the Messenger of Allah heard about them, struck his hand to his thigh between them, freed two and returned four to slavery.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حَصِينٍ وَقَتَادَةُ وَحُمَيْدٌ وَسِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حَصِينٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةً مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُمْ «فَأَقْرَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَرَدَّ أَرْبَعَةً فِي الرِّقِّ»