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ahmad:22350Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm al-Taymī from his father > Abū Masʿūd

[Machine] The Prophet, ﷺ , said, "By Allah, Allah has more power over you than you have over Him." The man said, "O Prophet of Allah, I have freed him for the sake of Allah."  

أحمد:٢٢٣٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ غُلَامًا لَهُ فَقَالَ

لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَلَّهُ أَقْدَرُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْكَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ فَإِنِّي أَعْتَقْتُهُ لِوَجْهِ اللهِ ﷻ