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bayhaqi:12641ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd > al-Thawrī > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, can I obtain freedom for my father even though he has passed away?" He replied, "Yes, Abu Bakr informed us that Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Hafiz narrated to us, who heard it from Abu Nasr al-Iraqi, who heard it from Sufyan ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari, who heard it from Ali ibn al-Hasan, who mentioned it as a transmission."  

البيهقي:١٢٦٤١إِنَّمَا رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْهِلَالِيُّ فِي جَامِعِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُعْتِقُ عَنْ أَبِي وَقَدْ مَاتَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ فَذَكَرَهُ مُرْسَلًا