ʿAishah had a male slave and a female slave who were married. She said: “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I want to free them both.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If you free them, then start with the man before the woman.”
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُعْتِقَهُمَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنْ أَعْتَقْتِهِمَا فَابْدَئِي بِالرَّجُلِ قَبْلَ الْمَرْأَةِ
[Machine] "That I should free both of them, so I mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, 'Start with the boy before the girl.' And Muhammad ibn Bashshar said in his narration that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'If you free them both, then start with the man before the woman.'"
أَنْ أُعْتِقَهُمَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «ابْدَئِي بِالْغُلَامِ قَبْلَ الْجَارِيَةِ» وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنْ أَعْتَقْتِهِمَا فَابْدَئِي بِالرَّجُلِ قَبْلَ الْمَرْأَةِ»