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darimi:3314 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Muṭarrif

[Machine] About Al-Sha'bi concerning a man who freed his slave upon his death and he had no one else, but he had a debt. Al-Sha'bi said, "He strives for the poor in his cost."  

الدارمي:٣٣١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ

عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامَهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ غَيْرُهُ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ قَالَ «يَسْعَى لِلْغُرَمَاءِ فِي ثَمَنِهِ»  

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tabarani:9719 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Qāsim > Suʾil Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] About a man who emancipated his slave when he was dying, and he had no wealth other than him and he had a debt. He said, "He should strive to pay off his debt."  

الطبراني:٩٧١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ عَبْدَهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ قَالَ «يَسْعَى فِي قِيمَتِهِ»