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bayhaqi:14010Abū Ḥāzim al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl b. Khumayrawayh > Aḥmad b. Najdah > Saʿīd > Hushaym > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq

[Machine] He used to say about the servant, if he has a free woman, then if he wishes, he can marry her to a slave and if he wishes, he doesn't have to.  

البيهقي:١٤٠١٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ خُمَيْرَوَيْهِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدٌ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الْعَبْدِ إِذَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ حُرَّةٌ فَإِنْ شَاءَ تَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهَا الْأَمَةَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ فَلَا