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bukhari:2504 – Abū al-Nuʿmān > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever manumits his share of a jointly possessed slave, it is essential for him to manumit the slave completely if he has sufficient money. Otherwise he should look for some work for the slave (to earn what would enable him to emancipate himself), without overburdening him with work."  

البخاري:٢٥٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ أُعْتِقَ كُلُّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَإِلاَّ يُسْتَسْعَ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

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bukhari:2527 – Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever frees his portion of a common slave should free the slave completely by paying the rest of his price from his money if he has enough money; otherwise the price of the slave is to be estimated and the slave is to be helped to work without hardship till he pays the rest of his price."  

البخاري:٢٥٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَصِيبًا أَوْ شَقِيصًا فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَخَلاَصُهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَإِلاَّ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَاسْتُسْعِيَ بِهِ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

تَابَعَهُ حَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَجَّاجٍ وَأَبَانُ وَمُوسَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ اخْتَصَرَهُ شُعْبَةُ
muslim:1503a – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates a share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated if he has money; but if he has none, the slave will be required to work to pay for his freedom, but must not be over-burhened.  

مسلم:١٥٠٣a – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَخَلاَصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

muslim:1503e – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

He who emancipates his portion in a slave, full emancipation may be secured for him out of his property (if he has money) if he has enough property to meet (the required expenses), but if he has not enough property, the slave should be put to extra labour (in order to earn money for buying his freedom), but he should not be overburdened.  

مسلم:١٥٠٣e – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَخَلاَصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

abudawud:3937 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Abān / al-ʿAṭṭār > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates a share in his slave, he should completely emancipate him if he has money; but if he has none, then slave will be required to work (to pay for his freedom), but he must not be overburdened.  

أبو داود:٣٩٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ يَعْنِي الْعَطَّارَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا فِي مَمْلُوكِهِ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُعْتِقَهُ كُلَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَإِلاَّ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:9502 – Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates a share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated if he has money; but if he has none, the slave will be required to work to pay for his freedom, but must not be over-burhened. (Using translation from Muslim 1503a)  

أحمد:٩٥٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا لَهُ فِي عَبْدٍ فَخَلَاصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:10107 – Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

“Whoever frees his share of a slave or part of his share, must pay from his wealth if he has any wealth if he has any wealth (in order to buy the rest of the slave's freedom). If he does not have wealth, then the slave should be asked to work for the price (of his freedom), without that causing him too much hardship.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2527)   

أحمد:١٠١٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا لَهُ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ خَلَاصُهُ كُلِّهِ فِي مَالِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ  

nasai-kubra:4944 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī b. Naṣr > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever manumits his share of a jointly possessed slave, it is imperative for him to get that slave manumitted completely by paying the remaining price, and if he does not have sufficient money to manumit him, then the price of the slave should be estimated justly, and he is to be allowed to work and earn the amount that will manumit him (without overburdening him)". (Using translation from Bukhārī 2492)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٤٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا لَهُ فِي مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ خَلَاصُهُ فِي مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَإِلَّا قُوِّمَ الْمَمْلُوكُ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَاسْتَسْعَى غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4945 – al-Muʾammal b. Hishām al-Baṣrī > Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates a share in a slave, he is to be completely emancipated if he has money; but if he has none, the slave will be required to work to pay for his freedom, but must not be over-burhened. (Using translation from Muslim 1503a)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٤٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا مِنْ عَبْدٍ فَخَلَاصُهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ اسْتَسْعَى الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4946 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū Hishām > Abān > Qatādah > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone emancipates a share in his slave, he should completely emancipate him if he has money; but if he has none, then slave will be required to work (to pay for his freedom), but he must not be overburdened. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3937)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا لَهُ مِنْ عَبْدٍ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ بَقِيَّتَهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَإِلَّا اسْتَسْعَى الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ»