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.
ahmad:5821ʿAffān > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a slave that belongs to him, if he has enough wealth to cover its value, he should estimate its value and set it free accordingly. Otherwise, he has freed whatever he has freed."  

أحمد:٥٨٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يَبْلُغُ قِيمَتَهُ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ أَعْتَقَ مَا أَعْتَقَ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2522ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees his share of a common slave and he has sufficient money to free him completely, should let its price be estimated by a just man and give his partners the price of their shares and manumit the slave; otherwise (i.e. if he has not sufficient money) he manumits the slave partially."  

البخاري:٢٥٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ الْعَبْدِ قُوِّمَ الْعَبْدُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَأَعْطَى شُرَكَاءَهُ حِصَصَهُمْ وَعَتَقَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِلاَّ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ  

bukhari:2553Abū al-Nuʿmān > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If one manumits his share of a common slave (Abd), and he has money sufficient to free the remaining portion of the price of the slave (justly estimated), then he should free the slave completely by paying the rest of his price; otherwise the slave is freed partly. "  

البخاري:٢٥٥٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا لَهُ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ فَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يَبْلُغُ قِيمَتَهُ يُقَوَّمُ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ وَأُعْتِقَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَإِلاَّ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ  

muslim:1501eShaybān b. Farrūkh > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ a freed slave of ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

He who gives up his share in a slave, and he has money enough to meet the full price, a fair price for him should be fixed; otherwise be has emancipated him to the extent that he has emancipated.  

مسلم:١٥٠١eوَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ قَدْرُ مَا يَبْلُغُ قِيمَتَهُ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ وَإِلاَّ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ  

abudawud:3940al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

If anyone emancipates his share in slave, a fair price for the slave should be fixed, give his partners their shares, and the slave be thus emancipated. Otherwise he is emancipated to the extent of the share which he emancipated.  

أبو داود:٣٩٤٠حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ الْعَدْلِ فَأَعْطَى شُرَكَاءَهُ حِصَصَهُمْ وَأُعْتِقَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِلاَّ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ  

ibnmajah:2528bYaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“Whoever frees his share of a slave, the price of the slave should be fairly evaluated, and he (the partner who initiated this process) should free him (in full, by giving the rest of his price to the other co-owners), if he has enough wealth to do so. Otherwise, he will have freed whatever he freed.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٢٨bحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ بِقِيمَةِ عَدْلٍ فَأَعْطَى شُرَكَاءَهُ حِصَصَهُمْ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَهُ وَعَتَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِلاَّ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ  

malik:38-1Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid, "If a man frees his share of a slave and has enough money to cover the full price of the slave justly evaluated for him, he must buy out his partners so that the slave is completely freed. If he doesn't have the money, he partially frees him.  

مالك:٣٨-١حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قالَ: «مَن أعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ. فَكانَ لَهُ مالٌ يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ العَبْدِ، قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ العَدْلِ. فَأعْطى شُرَكاءَهُ حِصَصَهُمْ. وعَتَقَ عَلَيْهِ العَبْدُ. وإلّا فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنهُ ما عَتَقَ»  

ahmad:397Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik > Nāfiʿʿan Ibn ʿUmar

“If a person frees his share of a slave, and has enough Money to pay the full price of the slave, a fair price should be worked out for the slave, and his partners should be given their shares, then he may free the slave, otherwise he has freed only what he has freed.”  

أحمد:٣٩٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ مَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ الْعَبْدِ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَوَّمُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَيُعْطَى شُرَكَاؤُهُ حَقَّهُمْ وَعَتَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدَ وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ أَعْتَقَ مَا أَعْتَقَ  

ahmad:6279Ibn Numayr And Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: Whoever frees a slave that belongs to him must free him completely, if he has the means to pay his value. But if he does not have the means, then he should free him according to what he can free."  

أحمد:٦٢٧٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ عِتْقُهُ كُلُّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَهُ قُوِّمَ [عَلَيْهِ] قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ  

ahmad:5920Isḥāq > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“If a person frees his share of a slave, and has enough Money to pay the full price of the slave, a fair price should be worked out for the slave, and his partners should be given their shares, then he may free the slave, otherwise he has freed only what he has freed.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 397)   

أحمد:٥٩٢٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا فِي عَبْدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ الْعَبْدِ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَوَّمُ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَيُعْطَى شُرَكَاؤُهُ حِصَصَهُمْ وَعَتَقَ الْعَبْدُ عَلَيْهِ وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مَا عَتَقَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُعْتِقَ نَصِيبَهُ مِنْ مَمْلُوكِهِ، إِذَا كَانَ مُعْدِمًا كَانَ نَصِيبُهُ الَّذِي أَعْتَقَ جَائِزًا عِتْقُهُ

ibnhibban:4316al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees his share of a common slave and he has sufficient money to free him completely, should let its price be estimated by a just man and give his partners the price of their shares and manumit the slave; otherwise (i.e. if he has not sufficient money) he manumits the slave partially." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2522)  

ابن حبّان:٤٣١٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ الْعَبْدِ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ الْعَدْلِ وَأَعْطَى شُرَكَاءَهُ حِصَصَهُمْ وَأَعْتَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ»  

nasai-kubra:4926ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > Khalaf b. Tamīm > Zāʾidah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever emancipates a slave in part ownership, then he has emancipated all of him, if the slave has the means to pay for himself, an equivalent to his value will be taken from his wealth. But if he does not have any wealth, then he should emancipate whatever he can emancipate."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٢٦أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ تَمِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا فِي عَبْدٍ فَقَدْ أَعْتَقَ كُلَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَهُ يُقَامُ فِي مَالِهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ»  

nasai-kubra:4927Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Whoever has a share in a slave, let him set him free, for he has indeed freed him. And if he has wealth, let him pay its fair value. And if he does not have wealth, then he has freed him from what he may have owed."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ شِرْكٌ فِي عَبْدٍ فَأَعْتَقَهُ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةُ عَدْلٍ فِي مَالِهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ»  

nasai-kubra:4930ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Bishr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever frees a slave that he co-owns, then he has freed all of him if the partner (co-owner) has enough money to cover his share, and a fair price will be set for him and paid to his partners, and his path will be left open."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا فِي عَبْدٍ فَقَدْ أَعْتَقَ كُلَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لِلَّذِي أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَهُ يُقَامُ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَيَدْفَعُ إِلَى شُرَكَائِهِ أَنْصِبَاءَهُمْ وَيُخَلَّى سَبِيلُهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4937Asmaʿ > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

If anyone emancipates his share ina slave and has enough money to pay the full price for him, a fair price for the slave should be fixed, his partners given their shares, and the slave be thus emancipated, otherwise he is emancipated only to the extent of the first man's share. (Using translation from Muslim 1501a)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٣٧الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِرْكًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ مَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ الْعَبْدِ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةُ الْعَبْدِ فَأُعْطِيَ شُرَكَاؤُهُ حِصَصَهُمْ وَعُتِقَ الْعَبْدُ وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ عُتِقَ مِنْهُ مَا عُتِقَ»  

bayhaqi:21362Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Kaʿbī > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ a freed slave of ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If one manumits his share of a common slave (Abd), and he has money sufficient to free the remaining portion of the price of the slave (justly estimated), then he should free the slave completely by paying the rest of his price; otherwise the slave is freed partly. " (Using translation from Bukhārī 2553)   

البيهقي:٢١٣٦٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكَعْبِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنبأ شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ ثنا نَافِعٌ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا فِي عَبْدٍ فَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ قَدْرُ مَا يَبْلُغُ قِيمَتَهُ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ شَيْبَانَ