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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
bayhaqi:21369 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī Waʾabū Bakr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Adīb > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥāfiẓ > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah ؓ

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said: "Whoever has a partner in ownership of a slave, let him set him free and have his share in his wealth, if he owns any. And if he does not own any wealth, then the slave should work to earn the money for his freedom, without overburdening him."  

البيهقي:٢١٣٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَدِيبُ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَأَعْتَقَهُ فَعَلَيْهِ خَلَاصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتَسْعَى الْعَبْدُ فِي ثَمَنِ رَقَبَتِهِ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ

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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
muslim:1503a – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates a share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated if he has money; but if he has none, the slave will be required to work to pay for his freedom, but must not be over-burhened.  

مسلم:١٥٠٣a – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَخَلاَصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

muslim:1503e – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

He who emancipates his portion in a slave, full emancipation may be secured for him out of his property (if he has money) if he has enough property to meet (the required expenses), but if he has not enough property, the slave should be put to extra labour (in order to earn money for buying his freedom), but he should not be overburdened.  

مسلم:١٥٠٣e – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَخَلاَصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

abudawud:3938 – [Chain 1] Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Bishr And Hadhā Lafẓuh > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah > Rasūl

If anyone emancipates his share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated by his money if he has money. But if he has no money, a fair price for the slave should be fixed, and the slave is required to work for his master according to the proportion of his price, but he must not be overburdened. Abu Dawud said: In the version of both the narrators the words are "he will be required to work and must not be overburdened". This is the version of 'Ali.  

أبو داود:٣٩٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا لَهُ أَوْ شَقِيصًا لَهُ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَخَلاَصُهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ قُوِّمَ الْعَبْدُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ ثُمَّ اسْتُسْعِيَ لِصَاحِبِهِ فِي قِيمَتِهِ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمَا جَمِيعًا فَاسْتُسْعِيَ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ عَلِيٍّ
ibnmajah:2527 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir And Muḥammad b. Bishr > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

“Whoever frees his share of a slave or part of his share, must pay from his wealth if he has any wealth if he has any wealth (in order to buy the rest of the slave's freedom). If he does not have wealth, then the slave should be asked to work for the price (of his freedom), without that causing him too much hardship.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا لَهُ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ أَوْ شِقْصًا فَعَلَيْهِ خَلاَصُهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ فِي قِيمَتِهِ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:9502 – Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates a share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated if he has money; but if he has none, the slave will be required to work to pay for his freedom, but must not be over-burhened. (Using translation from Muslim 1503a)  

أحمد:٩٥٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَخَلَاصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:7468 – Yazīd > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet, ﷺ : "Whoever has a share in a slave, let him free half of him and he must pay his full price if he has the means. And if he does not have the means, the slave should be allowed to work and earn money to buy his freedom, without exceeding the value of his neck."  

أحمد:٧٤٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ شِقْصٌ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَأَعْتَقَ نِصْفَهُ فَعَلَيْهِ خَلَاصُهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ فِي ثَمَنِ رَقَبَتِهِ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِنَّمَا يُسْتَسْعَى فِي نَصِيبِهِ الْمُعْتَقِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ ثَمَنُهُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ لَا وَكْسَ فِيهِ، وَلَا شَطَطَ

ibnhibban:4319 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

“Whoever frees his share of a slave or part of his share, must pay from his wealth if he has any wealth if he has any wealth (in order to buy the rest of the slave's freedom). If he does not have wealth, then the slave should be asked to work for the price (of his freedom), without that causing him too much hardship.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2527)   

ابن حبّان:٤٣١٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ خَلَاصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ قُوِّمَ الْعَبْدُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ ثُمَّ يُسْتَسْعَى فِي نَصِيبِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُعْتِقْ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4943 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates his share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated by his money if he has money. But if he has no money, a fair price for the slave should be fixed, and the slave is required to work for his master according to the proportion of his price, but he must not be overburdened. Abu Dawud said: In the version of both the narrators the words are "he will be required to work and must not be overburdened". This is the version of 'Ali. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3938)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا لَهُ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَخَلَاصُهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ قُوِّمَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلِهِ وَاسْتَسْعَى فِي قِيمَتِهِ لِصَاحِبِهِ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ»  

bayhaqi:21370 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Ḥāfiẓ > Ibrāhīm b. Abū Ṭālib And ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Saʿīd Fadhakarah Biʾisnādih

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever frees a slave from his own property, he must pay the value of the slave from his wealth, if he has wealth. If he does not have wealth, the slave should be evaluated according to a fair value, then the freed slave should contribute to the portion of his owner who did not free him, in a way that is not burdensome upon him."  

البيهقي:٢١٣٧٠ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَا ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنبأ عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ خَلَاصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ قُوِّمَ الْعَبْدُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ ثُمَّ يُسْتَسْعَى فِي نَصِيبِ صَاحِبِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُعْتِقْ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ وَغَيْرِهِ