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darimi:3202Yaʿlá > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard Ibn Abbas say, "Allegiance cannot be bought nor given as a gift, rather allegiance is for the one who frees others."  

الدارمي:٣٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ «لَا يُبَاعُ الْوَلَاءُ وَلَا يُوهَبُ وَالْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ»  


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bukhari:1856Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Yazīd > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ sent me (to Mina) with the luggage from Jam' (i.e. Al-Muzdalifa) at night.  

البخاري:١٨٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ يَقُولُ بَعَثَنِي أَوْ قَدَّمَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الثَّقَلِ مِنْ جَمْعٍ بِلَيْلٍ  

ibnhibban:3863Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl Bibust > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Yazīd > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard Ibn Abbas saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on a mission at night."  

ابن حبّان:٣٨٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِبُسْتَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ «بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ جَمْعٍ بِلَيْلٍ»  

bayhaqi:21445And ʾNbʾ Yazīd > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Sulaymān > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Loyalty cannot be bought nor can loyalty be given to someone who has been set free.  

البيهقي:٢١٤٤٥قَالَ وَأنبأ يَزِيدُ أنبأ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَا يُبَاعُ الْوَلَاءُ وَلَا يُوهَبُ الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ