[Machine] That his father had freed a slave for him during his illness, then he felt that he should revoke them and free others instead. He said, "So they disputed with me before Abdul Malik ibn Marwan." He (Abdul Malik) approved freeing the others and invalidated the freeing of the first ones.
أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَعْتَقَ رَقِيقًا لَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّهُمْ وَيُعْتِقَ غَيْرَهُمْ قَالَ فَخَاصَمُونِي إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ «فَأَجَازَ عِتْقَ الْآخِرِينَ وَأَبْطَلَ عِتْقَ الْأَوَّلِينَ»