[Machine] A man had six slaves whom he freed upon his death, and he had no other wealth besides them. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided them among themselves: he freed two and returned four to slavery. The hadith is narrated by Abu Al-Hasan Ibn Abdan, reported by Ahmad Ibn Ubaid, told to me by Muhammad Ibn Ishaq As-Saffar and Yahya Ibn Muhammad Al-Hinnawi. They both said that Abdul-Ala Ibn Hammad narrated the hadith with a narration similar to that of Al-Hulwani, except that he said it was narrated by Ata' Ibn As-Sa'ib, instead of Ata' Al-Khorasani, and this is mistaken.  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَرَدَّ أَرْبَعَةً فِي الرِّقِّ 21397 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّفَّارُ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحِنَّائِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ الْحُلْوَانِيِّ وَإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ بَدَلَ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ وَهُوَ وَهْمٌ