Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
ahmad:27029 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Rāzī > Salamah b. al-Faḍl > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > al-Khaṭṭāb b. Ṣāliḥ from his mother > Salāmah b. Maʿqil

[Machine] His wife was being sold off due to her debts, so he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of this. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him who the heir of Hubab ibn 'Amr was. They replied that it was his brother, Abu al-Yusr Ka'b ibn 'Amr. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then called him and said, "Do not sell her and set her free. If you hear of any ransom coming to me, then bring it to me and I will compensate you." They did as he instructed, but they later disagreed among themselves after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Some people said that the mother of the child was a slave, and if it were not for that, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not have compensated them for it. Others said that she was a free woman, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had freed her. Thus, there was a difference of opinion among them.  

أحمد:٢٧٠٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَتْنِي سَلَامَةُ بِنْتُ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ لِلْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَلِي مِنْهُ غُلَامٌ فَقَالَتْ

لِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ الْآنَ تُبَاعِينَ فِي دَيْنِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ صَاحِبُ تَرِكَةِ الْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَقَالُوا أَخُوهُ أَبُو الْيُسْرِ كَعْبُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا تَبِيعُوهَا وَأَعْتِقُوهَا فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَقِيقٍ قَدْ جَاءَنِي فَأْتُونِي أُعَوِّضُكُمْ فَفَعَلُوا فَاخْتَلَفُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ أُمُّ الْوَلَدِ مَمْلُوكَةٌ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُعَوِّضْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ هِيَ حُرَّةٌ قَدْ أَعْتَقَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَفِيَّ كَانَ الِاخْتِلَافُ  

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī

حُبَابُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَخُو أَبِي الْيَسَرِ

tabarani:3596 – ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd > Salamah b. al-Faḍl > Ibn Isḥāq > al-Khaṭṭāb b. Ṣāliḥ from his mother > Salāmah b. Maʿqil

[Machine] So his wife said, "Now you are in debt, so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned it to him. He said, 'Who is the companion of the inherited property?' They said, 'His brother Abu Al-Yasar Ka'b ibn 'Amr.' The Prophet ﷺ called him and said, 'Do not sell it, but set her free. And if you hear of a sensitive issue, come to me and I will compensate you.' They did as they disagreed among themselves after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said, 'The mother of the child is a slave. If it wasn't for that, the Prophet ﷺ wouldn't have compensated them.' Some of them said, 'She is a free woman whom the Prophet ﷺ set free.'"  

الطبراني:٣٥٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ ثنا ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ سَلَامَةَ بِنْتِ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ لِلْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَمَاتَ وَلِي مِنْهُ وَلَدٌ

فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ الْآنَ تُبَاعِينَ فِي دَيْنِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «وَمَنْ صَاحِبُ تَرِكَةِ الْحُبَابِ؟» فَقَالَ أَخُوهُ أَبُو الْيَسَرِ كَعْبُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا تَبِيعُوهَا وَأَعْتِقُوهَا وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَقِيقٍ قَدْ جَاءَنِي فَأْتُونِي أُعَوِّضْكُمْ» فَفَعَلُوا مَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا أُمُّ الْوَلَدِ مَمْلُوكَةٌ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُعَوِّضْهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ هِيَ حُرَّةٌ قَدْ أَعْتَقَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:21777 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Rāzī Khatan Salamah b. al-Faḍl > Salamah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > al-Khaṭṭāb b. Ṣāliḥ from his mother > Sallāmah b. Maʿqil

[Machine] So his wife said, "Now you are in debt, so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who is the companion of the inheritance of Al-Hubab bin 'Amr?" They said, "His brother, Abu Al-Yasr Ka'b bin 'Amr." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said to him, "Do not sell it, and set her free. If you hear that Riqiq (a type of milk) has come to me, come to me and I will compensate you for it." So they did that, but they differed among themselves after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Some people said: "The mother of the child is a slave woman. If not for that, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not have compensated them for her." And some of them said: "No, she is a free woman whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed." That is where the difference lies.  

البيهقي:٢١٧٧٧ – مِنْهَا مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّازِيُّ خَتَنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ ثنا سَلَمَةُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَتْنِي سَلَّامَةُ بِنْتُ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ لِلْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَمَاتَ وَلِي مِنْهُ غُلَامٌ

فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ الْآنَ تُبَاعِينَ فِي دَيْنِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ صَاحِبُ تَرِكَةِ الْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؟ فَقَالُوا أَخُوهُ أَبُو الْيَسَرِ كَعْبُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا تَبِيعُوهَا وَأَعْتِقُوهَا فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَقِيقٍ قَدْ جَاءَنِي فَائْتُونِي أُعَوِّضْكُمْ مِنْهَا فَفَعَلُوا وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ إِنَّ أُمَّ الْوَلَدِ مَمْلُوكَةٌ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُعَوِّضْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ هِيَ حُرَّةٌ قَدْ أَعْتَقَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَفِي ذَا كَانَ الِاخْتِلَافُ  

أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي كِتَابِ السُّنَنِ عَنِ النُّفَيْلِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بِمَعْنَاهُ دُونَ مَا فِي آخِرِهِ مِنَ الِاخْتِلَافِ