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suyuti:2521a –

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: If one of you has a slave, and he enters into an agreement to purchase his freedom, and can pay the full price, she must veil herself from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3928)   

السيوطي:٢٥٢١a –

"إذا كانَ لإِحْداكُنَّ مُكَاتَبٌ، فكانَ عِنْده ما يُؤَدِّي فليحتَجِبْ مِنْهُ" .  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أم سلمة

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
abudawud:3928 – Musaddad b. Musarhad > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Nabhān Mukātab Um Salamah > Um Salamah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: If one of you has a slave, and he enters into an agreement to purchase his freedom, and can pay the full price, she must veil herself from him.  

أبو داود:٣٩٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نَبْهَانَ مُكَاتَبِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ تَقُولُ قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنْ كَانَ لإِحْدَاكُنَّ مُكَاتَبٌ فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتَحْتَجِبْ مِنْهُ  

tirmidhi:1261 – Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Makhzūmī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Nabhān a freed slave of Um Salamah > Um Salamah

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you (women) has a Mukatab ho has with him what will fulfill (the Kitabah) then observe Hijab from him."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. And the meaning of this Hadith according to the people of knowledge is that of caution. They say that the Mukatab is not freed, even if he has the amount to pay, until he pays it.
الترمذي:١٢٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نَبْهَانَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ مُكَاتَبِ إِحْدَاكُنَّ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتَحْتَجِبْ مِنْهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَمَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَى التَّوَرُّعِ وَقَالُوا لاَ يُعْتَقُ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَإِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي حَتَّى يُؤَدِّيَ
ibnmajah:2520 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Nabhān a freed slave of Um Salamah > Um Salamah > Akhbarat

“If anyone of you (women) has a Mukatab, and he has enough (wealth) to pay off (his contact of manumission), she must veil herself from him.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نَبْهَانَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ لإِحْدَاكُنَّ مُكَاتَبٌ وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتَحْتَجِبْ مِنْهُ  

ahmad:26473 – Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Nabhān > Um Salamah Dhakarat

“If anyone of you (women) has a Mukatab, and he has enough (wealth) to pay off (his contact of manumission), she must veil herself from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2520)   

أحمد:٢٦٤٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نَبْهَانَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ذَكَرَتْ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ لِإِحْدَاكُنَّ مُكَاتَبٌ فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتُحْجَبْ مِنْهُ  

tabarani:20352 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Nabhān > Um Salamah

“If anyone of you (women) has a Mukatab, and he has enough (wealth) to pay off (his contact of manumission), she must veil herself from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2520)  

الطبراني:٢٠٣٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نَبْهَانَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ لِإِحْدَاكُنَّ مُكَاتَبٌ وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتَحْتَجِبْ مِنْهُ»  

nasai-kubra:9184 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Samiʿnāh from al-Zuhrī > Nabhān > Lī Um Salamah

“If anyone of you (women) has a Mukatab, and he has enough (wealth) to pay off (his contact of manumission), she must veil herself from him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2520)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩١٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْنَاهُ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نَبْهَانَ قَالَ قَالَتْ لِي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ إِحْدَاكُنَّ مُكَاتَبٌ وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتَحْتَجِبْ مِنْهُ»  

suyuti:2501a –

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you (women) has a Mukatab ho has with him what will fulfill (the Kitabah) then observe Hijab from him." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1261)   

السيوطي:٢٥٠١a –

"إذا كانَ عنْدَ المُكَاتَبِ ما يُؤدِّي فَاحْتَجِبَنَ مِنْه" .  

[عب] عبد الرازق عن أم سلمة