[Machine] He is a free man and his loyalty is to you, and it is our duty to care for him. Al-Shafi’i responded to this by saying that it is not confirmed like that, as it is from an unknown man, meaning Abu Jameela. Then he went on to say that the Sunnah states that loyalty is only for those who have been freed, and that the hadith from the Prophet may be disconnected from some of his companions and not from anyone, even if they were a large number with the Prophet, it is not a proof.  

هُوَ حُرٌّ وَوَلَاؤُهُ لَكَ وَعَلَيْنَا رَضَاعُهُ أَجَابَ عَنْهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ بِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِمَّا يَثْبتُ مِثْلُهُ هُوَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَيْسَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ يَعْنِي أَبَا جَمِيلَةَ ثُمَّ سَاقَ كَلَامَهُ إِلَى أَنَّ السُّنَّةَ جَاءَتْ بِأَنَّ الْوَلَاءَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ وَأَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَدْ يَعْزُبُ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَلَيْسَ فِي أَحَدٍ وَلَوْ كَانُوا عَدَدًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حُجَّةٌ