[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man can free his slave as much as he wishes. If he wishes, he can free him a third, or a fourth, or a fifth, and there is no harm between him and Allah. In another place, it is mentioned 'sakhtah'. Our teacher Abu Al-Walid said, "Our companions said, 'He is the one who can free a third or a fourth of him, and whoever dies or bequeaths half of this and half of that, neither one of them will invalidate the other, and he will free from each one according to the extent that he freed him.' The Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "This is a good interpretation, except that Muhammad ibn Fada' is weak and is not considered reliable. Yahya ibn Ma'in, Sulaiman ibn Harb, and Abu Abdur-Rahman An-Nasa'i all spoke about him."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْتِقُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ عَبْدِهِ مَا شَاءَ إِنْ شَاءَ ثُلُثًا وَإِنْ شَاءَ رُبُعًا وَإِنْ شَاءَ خُمُسًا لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللهِ ضَغْطَةٌ وَقَالَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ سَقْطَةٌ قَالَ الْأُسْتَاذُ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُنَا هُوَ الَّذِي يُعْتِقُ مِنْ ذَا ثُلُثَهُ وَمِنْ ذَا رُبُعَهُ وَمَنْ مَاتَ أَوْ أَوْصَى بِنِصْفِ عِتْقِ هَذَا وَبِنِصْفِ عِتْقِ هَذَا لَا يُبْطِلُ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ وَيُعْتَقُ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ قَدْرُ مَا أَعْتَقَهُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ هَذَا تَأْوِيلٌ حَسَنٌ إِلَّا أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ فَضَاءٍ هَذَا ضَعِيفٌ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ