[Machine] Abu Al-Walid Al-Faqih, Abu Abdullah Al-Hafidh, Ali Ibn Isa Al-Hairi, Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Khuza'imah, Muhammad Ibn Bashar, Abdul Samad Ibn Abdul Warith, Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdullah Ibn Dinar, Zaid Ibn Aslam said: "I saw a sheikh in Alexandria called Surraq. I asked him what this name meant. He said it was a name given to him by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and that he would not change it. I asked him why they called him that, and he said, 'I came to Madinah and informed them that I had money to invest, so they pledged their allegiance to me. I consumed their wealth, and they brought me to the Prophet ﷺ who said, 'You are a thief.' He sold me for four camels. The Ghurama' said to the one who bought me, 'What will you do with him?' He said, 'I will set him free.' They said, 'We are not more righteous than you in reward, so set him free among us.' And so, my name remained, as did its meaning."
ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ح وَأنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْحِيرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ شَيْخًا بِالْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ يُقَالُ لَهُ سُرَّقٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا هَذَا الِاسْمُ؟ فَقَالَ اسْمٌ سَمَّانِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَنْ أَدَعَهُ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ سَمَّاكَ؟ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ أَنَّ مَالِي يَقْدَمُ فَبَايَعُونِي فَاسْتَهْلَكْتُ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فَأَتَوْا بِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ سُرَّقٌ فَبَاعَنِي بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَبْعِرَةٍ فَقَالَ الْغُرَمَاءُ لِلَّذِي اشْتَرَانِي مَا تَصْنَعُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ أُعْتِقُهُ قَالُوا فَلَسْنَا بِأَزْهَدَ فِي الْأَجْرِ مِنْكَ فَأَعْتَقُونِي بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَقِيَ اسْمِي وَبِمَعْنَاهُ
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