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Giving to relatives is greater in reward

bukhari:2592 – Yaḥyā b. Bukayr > al-Layth > Yazīd > Bukayr > Kurayb, mawlá b. ʿAbbās > Maymūnah bt. al-Ḥārith; Bakr b. Muḍar > ʿAmr > Bukayr > Kurayb

[AI] She had freed a slave-girl without asking the Prophet ﷺ for permission. When it was her day on which he would visit her in turn, she said: Did you know, O Messenger of Allah, that I freed my slave-girl? He said: "Did you do that?" She said: Yes. He said: "Indeed, if you had given her to your maternal uncles, it would have been greater for your reward."

Maimunah freed.

البخاري:٢٥٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ ؓ أَخْبَرَتْهُ وَقَالَ بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ

أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً وَلَمْ تَسْتَأْذِنِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُهَا الَّذِي يَدُورُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ قَالَتْ: أَشَعَرْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنِّي أَعْتَقْتُ وَلِيدَتِي؟ قَالَ: «أَوَفَعَلْتِ؟» قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ أَعْطَيْتِيهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لأَجْرِكِ».

إِنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ أَعْتَقَتْ.

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tabarani:20464 – Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] She freed her slave girl without seeking permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . When the day came that she used to have her periods, she said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you think that I have freed my slave girl Fulan? He asked, "Have you indeed done so?" She replied in the affirmative. He said, "Had you given her to your maternal uncles, you would have been rewarded even more."

الطبراني:٢٠٤٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَتْهُ

أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً لَهَا وَلَمْ يُسْتَأْذَنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُهَا الَّذِي يَدُورُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ قَالَتْ أَشَعَرْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنِّي أَعْتَقْتُ وَلِيدَتِي فُلَانَةَ؟ فَقَالَ «أَوَقَدْ فَعَلْتِ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ»

bayhaqi:11326 – ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > ʿUbayd b. Sharīk > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Maymūnah b. al-Ḥārith Akhbarat

[Machine] "Indeed, she freed her slave woman without seeking permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And when her appointed day arrived, she asked the Messenger of Allah, 'Did you sense, O Messenger of Allah, that I have freed my slave woman named so and so?' He asked, 'Did you really do it?' She replied, 'Yes.' He said, 'If only you had given her to your relatives, it would have been even greater in reward for you.'"

البيهقي:١١٣٢٦ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ أنبأ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَتْ

أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً لَهَا وَلَمْ تَسْتَأْذِنْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُهَا الَّذِي يَدُورُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ قَالَتْ أَشَعَرْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنِّي قَدْ أَعْتَقْتُ وَلِيدَتِي فُلَانَةً؟ قَالَ أَوَفَعَلْتِ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ