[Machine] About a man from the Banu Udhra of whom he freed a slave he owned upon his death and who had no other wealth. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed one-third of it and ordered him to seek out the remaining two-thirds. This was mentioned to Imam al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, and he said: "Whoever presents it is a messenger. Even if he is an intermediary, it is from a man who is not named, is not known, and his hadith is not proven." Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "We opposed some of them with another hadith regarding istisqa' and one of his companions cut him off and said, 'No one should mention a hadith like this unless he knows the hadith due to its weakness.' " 21383. Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us of all this speech and what I mentioned in this chapter from his speech. Abu al-Abbas al-Asamm reported, narrating from al-Rabi', who narrated from al-Shafi'i, and he mentioned it, but I do not know which hadith was presented to him.  

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عُذْرَةَ مِنْهُمْ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكًا لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَأَعْتَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُلُثَهُ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَسْعَى فِي الثُّلُثَيْنِ فَقَدْ ذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلشَّافِعِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ حَضَرَهُ هُوَ مُرْسَلٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ مَوْصُولًا كَانَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يُسَمَّ لَا يُعْرَفُ وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ حَدِيثُهُ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فَعَارَضَنَا مِنْهُمْ مُعَارِضٌ بِحَدِيثٍ آخَرَ فِي الِاسْتِسْعَاءِ فَقَطَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ وَقَالَ لَا يَذْكُرُ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَحَدٌ يَعْرِفُ الْحَدِيثَ لِضَعْفِهِ 21383 أَخْبَرَنَا بِجَمِيعِ هَذَا الْكَلَامِ وَمَا نَقَلْتُهُ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ وَلَا أَدْرِي أِيَّ حَدِيثٍ عُورِضَ بِهِ