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bayhaqi:15955Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣam > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Jaʿfar b. Rabīʿah > Sulaymān al-Muzanī > Āstaftá ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās ā > a man Nawaṭ ʿAbd Lah Famāt Walam Yurid Qatlah

[Machine] He has the choice to either free a slave or fast for two consecutive months.  

البيهقي:١٥٩٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُزَنِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ اسْتَفْتَى عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ ا عَنْ رَجُلٍ نَوَطَ عَبْدًا لَهُ فَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يُرِدْ قَتْلَهُ فَقَالَ

لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَيَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً أَوْ لِيَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ