[Machine] There were thirty companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who would say: When a man frees a slave between himself and another man, he is the guarantor; whether he is wealthy or in debt, the owner of the slave will seek half of his value from him, without any harm or splitting upon him. This is also weak, Hajjaj bin Arta'ah is not reliable and it is narrated from Hajjaj bin Arta'ah from Nafi' from ibn Umar about Saiyaa and it is rejected by Marrah in a group. 21386 Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz told us Ahmad bin Ya'qub ath-Thaqafi narrated to us Abu Jafar Muhammad bin Ahmad at-Tirmidhi narrated to us Abu Khaythama, Zuhair bin Harb, who said: Khalaf bin Hisham and I mentioned to Abdur-Rahman bin Mahdi about al-Hajjaj bin Arta'ah and his likes from trustworthy and reliable narrators. So we mentioned many hadiths of this nature to Abdur-Rahman bin Mahdi. He then mentioned the hadith of al-Hajjaj from Nafi' from ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that if a slave is between two people and one of them frees the slave, his share is that the one who did not free him, if he wishes, guarantees his value. If he does not have it, the slave will seek it from him without it being split upon him. Abdur-Rahman bin Mahdi said, and this is also one of the greatest of freedom. How can this be according to the teachings of the Quran?  

كَانَ ثَلَاثُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُونَ إِذَا أَعْتَقَ الرَّجُلُ الْعَبْدَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ إِنْ كَانَ مُوسِرًا وَإِنْ كَانَ مُعْسِرًا سَعَى بِالْعَبْدِ صَاحِبُهُ فِي نِصْفِ قِيمَتِهِ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ وَهَذَا أَيْضًا ضَعِيفٌ الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَأَةَ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ وَرُوِيَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فِي السِّعَايَةِ وَهُوَ مُنْكَرٌ بِمَرَّةٍ 21386 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ أَنَا وَخَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ الْحَجَّاجَ بْنَ أَرْطَاةَ وَخِلَافَهُ عَنِ الثِّقَاتِ وَالْحُفَّاظِ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا مِنْ هَذَا النَّحْوِ أَحَادِيثَ كَثِيرَةً قَالَ فَذَكَرْنَا لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدِيثَ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ فَأَعْتَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا نَصِيبَهُ أَنَّ الَّذِي لَمْ يُعْتِقْ إِنْ شَاءَ ضَمِنَ الْمُعْتِقَ الْقِيمَةَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ اسْتَسْعَى الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْفِرْيَةِ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ هَذَا عَلَى مَا