[Machine] Regarding this matter, I sat in a gathering of people I didn't know. A man came in, and they made room for him. He said, "What do you think about a matter mentioned by the commander of the faithful? Someone came to him from outside the city asking if it is permissible to marry or emancipate from the mothers of one's children?" I said, "Sa'id bin Al-Musayyib mentioned that a man from Quraysh was impressed by his intellect and eloquence. Then his father died and left behind wealth, and his mother was a freed slave who had other children. They made his mother marry, and they increased her status until they removed him from his inheritance. He passed by Umar, so Umar called him and asked, "What happened to your inheritance from your father?" He said, "I was removed from my inheritance by my mother." Umar said, "By Allah, I will say a statement about this that will cause people to hate-me." So Umar gave a sermon and said, "O people, whoever is a free man and his mother gives birth to a child, she is a free woman." He took me by the hand, and behold, we entered Qabisah bin Dhu'ayb's house. Then, when Abdul Malik bin Marwan remembered Qabisah's nickname, he knew him to be Sa'id bin Al-Musayyib, but he did not confirm it. So he brought me in and asked, "What is your lineage?" When I reported this to my father, he said, "If your father was famous during times of turmoil, what is the narration of Sa'id that he informed me about you, Qabisah?" So I informed him of the same thing I told Qabisah, and he ordered for it to be written, and I left. He said, "No man like you has died."  

بِشَأْنِهِ فَجَلَسْتُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ لَا أَعْرِفُهُمْ فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ فَأَوْسَعُوا لَهُ قَالَ كَيْفَ تَرَوْنَ فِي شَيْءٍ ذَكَرَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ آنِفًا أَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ أَيُرَّقَّقْنَ أَوْ يُعْتَقْنَ؟ قُلْتُ إِنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ عَقْلُهُ وَلِسَانُهُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَبُوهُ وَتَرَكَ مَالًا وَأُمُّهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ فَأَقَامُوا أُمَّهُ فَزَايَدُوهُ فِي أُمِّهِ حَتَّى أَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْ مِيرَاثِهِ فَمَرَّ عَلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَدَعَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ مَا صَارَ لَهُ مِنْ مِيرَاثِ أَبِيهِ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ بِأُمِّي مِنْ مِيرَاثِ أَبِي فَقَالَ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَأَقُولَنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ مَقَالًا أَذُبُّ النَّاسَ عَنْهُ فَقَامَ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ حُرٍّ تَرَكَ أُمَّ وَلَدٍ وَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَإِذَا هُوَ قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ ذُؤَيْبٍ حَتَّى أَدْخَلَنِي عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ وَإِذَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ ذَكَرَ لِقَبِيصَةَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَلَمْ يُثْبِتْهُ فَأُدْخِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُهُ فَبَدَأَ فَسَأَلَنِي مَا نَسَبِي؟ فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ أَبِي قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ أَبُوكَ لَنَعَّارًا فِي الْفِتْنَةِ مَا حَدِيثُ سَعِيدٍ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْكَ قَبِيصَةُ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمِثْلِ مَا أَخْبَرْتُ قَبِيصَةَ فَأَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ فَأُمْضِيَ فَقَالَ مَا مَاتَ رَجُلٌ تَرَكَ مِثْلَكَ