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darimi:2393 – Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > al-Sharīd

[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Indeed, my mother has a slave girl, and I have an Abyssinian slave girl. Should I set her free?" He said, "Bring her to me." Then he asked, "Do you bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah?" She replied, "Yes." He said, "Set her free, for she is a believer."  

الدارمي:٢٣٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ الشَّرِيدِ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ عَلَى أُمِّي رَقَبَةً وَإِنَّ عِنْدِي جَارِيَةً سَوْدَاءَ نُوبِيَّةً أَفَتُجْزِئُ عَنْهَا قَالَ «ادْعُ بِهَا» فَقَالَ أَتَشْهَدِينَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ»  

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nasai:3653 – Mūsá b. Saʿīd > Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah

"I came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'My mother left a will saying that a slave should be freed on her behalf. I have a Nubian slave girl; will it suffice if I free her on her behalf?' He said: 'Bring her here.' The Prophet said to her: 'Who is your Lord?' She said: 'Allah.' He said: 'Who am I?' She said: 'The Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Set her free , for she is a believer.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٥٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الشَّرِيدِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أُمِّي أَوْصَتْ أَنْ تُعْتَقَ عَنْهَا رَقَبَةٌ وَإِنَّ عِنْدِي جَارِيَةً نُوبِيَّةً أَفَيُجْزِئُ عَنِّي أَنْ أَعْتِقَهَا عَنْهَا قَالَ ائْتِنِي بِهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ رَبُّكِ قَالَتِ اللَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَنَا قَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَأَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ  

ahmad:19466 – Muhannā b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Kunyatuh Abū Shibl > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > al-Sharīd > Ummah Awṣat > Yuʿtaq > Hā Raqabah

"I came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'My mother left a will saying that a slave should be freed on her behalf. I have a Nubian slave girl; will it suffice if I free her on her behalf?' He said: 'Bring her here.' The Prophet said to her: 'Who is your Lord?' She said: 'Allah.' He said: 'Who am I?' She said: 'The Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Set her free , for she is a believer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3653)   

أحمد:١٩٤٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُهَنَّا بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَبِي كُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو شِبْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الشَّرِيدِ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ أَوْصَتْ أَنْ يُعْتَقَ عَنْهَا رَقَبَةٌ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي أَوْصَتْ أَنْ يُعْتَقَ عَنْهَا رَقَبَةٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ وَعِنْدِي جَارِيَةٌ نُوبِيَّةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَقَالَ ادْعُ بِهَا فَجَاءَ بِهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ رَبُّكِ؟ قَالَتْ اللهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَنَا؟ قَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ أَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ  

tabarani:12369 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥasan b. Furāt al-Qazzāz > ʿAlī b. Hāshim > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Minhāl b. ʿAmr And al-Ḥakam > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have a black foreign servant girl, and I have a debt on me". He said, "Bring her to me". He then asked her, "Do you testify that there is no god but Allah?" She said, "Yes". He asked her, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?" She said, "Yes". He said, "Then free her".  

الطبراني:١٢٣٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُرَاتٍ الْقَزَّازُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَالْحَكَمُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلَيَّ رَقَبَةً وَعِنْدِي جَارِيَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ أَعْجَمِيَّةٌ فَقَالَ ائْتِنِي بِهَا فَقَالَ «أَتَشْهَدِينَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَتَشْهَدِينَ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَأَعْتِقْهَا»  

bayhaqi:15272 – Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Ḥamzah b. al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Ḍubaʿī > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Abū al-Walīd Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > al-Sharīd b. Sūwayd

"I came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'My mother left a will saying that a slave should be freed on her behalf. I have a Nubian slave girl; will it suffice if I free her on her behalf?' He said: 'Bring her here.' The Prophet said to her: 'Who is your Lord?' She said: 'Allah.' He said: 'Who am I?' She said: 'The Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Set her free , for she is a believer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3653)   

البيهقي:١٥٢٧٢ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي نا حَمْزَةُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الضُّبَعِيُّ نا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ نا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ نا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الشَّرِيدِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي أَوْصَتْ إِلِيَّ أَنْ أَعْتِقْ عَنْهَا رَقَبَةً وَإِنَّ عِنْدِي جَارِيَةً سَوْدَاءَ نُوبِيَّةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ادْعُ بِهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ رَبُّكِ؟ قَالَتْ اللهُ قَالَ فَمَنْ أَنَا؟ قَالَتْ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ أَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ  

suyuti:420-390b – Ibn ʿAbbās > Qāl Atá al-Nabi ﷺ a man Bijāriyah Sawdāʾ
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٤٢٠-٣٩٠b –

"عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ: أَتَى النَّبِىَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ بِجَارِيَة سَوْدَاءَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ الله إِنَّ أُمِّى مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا رَقَبَةٌ مُؤْمنَةٌ فَهَلْ تَجْزِى هَذِه عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : أيْنَ الله؟ فَأوْمَأتْ بِرَأسِهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أنَا؟ قَالَتْ: رَسُولُ الله ﷺ قَالَ: أَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ".  

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