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nasai:5418ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Wāṣil b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Muḥāḍir b. al-Muwarriʿ > al-Aʿmash > Salamah b. Kuhayl > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Aʿtaq a man from al-Anṣār Ghulām Lah

"A man among the Ansar stated that his salve was to be set free after he died; he was in need, and he owed a debt. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] sold him (the slave) for eight hundred Dirhams, and he gave (the money) to him and said: 'Pay off your debt and spend on your dependents.'"  

النسائي:٥٤١٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ وَاصِلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَاضِرُ بْنُ الْمُوَرِّعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

أَعْتَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ غُلاَمًا لَهُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ وَكَانَ مُحْتَاجًا وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَبَاعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَأَعْطَاهُ فَقَالَ اقْضِ دَيْنَكَ وَأَنْفِقْ عَلَى عِيَالِكَ  


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nasai-kubra:4985Abū Dāwud > Muḥāḍir > al-Aʿmash > Salamah b. Kuhayl > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir > Aʿtaq a man from al-Anṣār Ghulām Lah

[Machine] About Dubur who was needy and had a debt, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sold him for eight hundred dirhams and gave him the amount, then said, "Pay off your debt."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَاضِرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ أَعْتَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ غُلَامًا لَهُ

عَنْ دُبُرٍ وَكَانَ مُحْتَاجًا وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَبَاعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَأَعْطَاهُ فَقَالَ «اقْضِ دَيْنَكَ»