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nasai-kubra:4954 – Abū Dāwud > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Khālid > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū Zayd

[Machine] A man from the Ansar freed six slaves upon his death, and he did not have any wealth other than them. So the Prophet ﷺ divided them into three parts. He freed two of them and kept the other four as his own slaves. He said, "If I had witnessed him before he was buried, he would not have been buried in the Muslim graveyards."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةً مَمْلُوكِينَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُمْ فَجَزَّأَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً وَقَالَ «لَوْ شَهِدْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْفَنَ لَمْ يُدْفَنْ فِي مَقَابِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ»  

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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
muslim:1668a – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr al-Saʿdī And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ismāʿīl Wahū Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

'Imran b. Husain reported that a person who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of his death. Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for them and divided them into three sections, cast lots amongst them, and set two free and kept four in slavery; and he (the Holy Prophet) spoke severely of him.  

مسلم:١٦٦٨a – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَدَعَا بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ أَثْلاَثًا ثُمَّ أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً وَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلاً شَدِيدًا  

abudawud:3958 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them, divided them into three sections, cast lots among them, and emancipated two and kept four in slavery.  

أبو داود:٣٩٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلاً شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمْ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

ibnmajah:2345 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a man had six slaves, and he did not have any other wealth apart from them, and he set them free when he died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided them into groups, set two free and left four as slaves.  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً كَانَ لَهُ سِتَّةُ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

ahmad:19866 – Hushaym > Manṣūr > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them, divided them into three sections, cast lots among them, and emancipated two and kept four in slavery. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3958)   

أحمد:١٩٨٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ لَا أُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالرَّقِيقِ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

bayhaqi:21364 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Kaʿbī > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl / Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

'Imran b. Husain reported that a person who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of his death. Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for them and divided them into three sections, cast lots amongst them, and set two free and kept four in slavery; and he (the Holy Prophet) spoke severely of him. (Using translation from Muslim 1668a)   

البيهقي:٢١٣٦٤ – فَفِيمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكَعْبِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَدَعَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ أَثْلَاثًا ثُمَّ أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً وَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلًا شَدِيدًا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ
bayhaqi:21399 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī Imlāʾ > Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī And ʾAḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Sulamī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mukhtār > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man freed six slaves on his deathbed, despite not having any other possessions except for them, according to the agreement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided them into portions and freed two, while he assigned the remaining four to another owner.  

البيهقي:٢١٣٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى أنبأ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَجْزَاءً فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً