My uncle brought me (to Medina) in the pre-Islamic days. He sold me to al-Hubab ibn Amr, brother of AbulYusr ibn Amr. I bore a child, AbdurRahman ibn al-Hubab, to him and he (al-Hubab) then died. Thereupon his wife said: I swear by Allah, now you will be sold (as a repayment) for his loan. So I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! I am a woman of Banu Kharijah Qays ibn Aylan. My uncle had brought me to Medina in pre-Islamic days. He sold me to al-Hubab ibn Amr, brother of AbulYusr ibn Amr. I bore AbdurRahman ibn al-Hubab to him. His wife said: I swear by Allah, you will be sold for his loan. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Who is the guardian of al-Hubab? He was told: His brother, AbulYusr ibn Amr. He then sent for him and said: Set her free; when you hear that some slaves have been brought to me, came to me, and I shall compensate you for her. She said: They set me free, and when some slaves were brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he gave them a slave in compensation for me.  

عَنْ سَلاَمَةَ بِنْتِ مَعْقِلٍ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ خَارِجَةِ قَيْسِ عَيْلاَنَ قَالَتْ قَدِمَ بِي عَمِّي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَبَاعَنِي مِنَ الْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَخِي أَبِي الْيَسَرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَوَلَدْتُ لَهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحُبَابِ ثُمَّ هَلَكَ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ الآنَ وَاللَّهِ تُبَاعِينَ فِي دَيْنِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ خَارِجَةِ قَيْسِ عَيْلاَنَ قَدِمَ بِي عَمِّي الْمَدِينَةَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَبَاعَنِي مِنَ الْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَخِي أَبِي الْيَسَرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَوَلَدْتُ لَهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحُبَابِ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ الآنَ وَاللَّهِ تُبَاعِينَ فِي دَيْنِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ وَلِيُّ الْحُبَابِ قِيلَ أَخُوهُ أَبُو الْيَسَرِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَعْتِقُوهَا فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَقِيقٍ قَدِمَ عَلَىَّ فَأْتُونِي أُعَوِّضْكُمْ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ فَأَعْتَقُونِي وَقَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَقِيقٌ فَعَوَّضَهُمْ مِنِّي غُلاَمًا  

[Machine] His wife said to him, "By Allah, you sell yourself, O Salamah, in debt." So I said, "If Allah has decreed that upon me, then I will bear it." So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of my situation. He asked, "Who is the closest relative of the deceased?" They said, "His brother, Abu Al-Yusr ibn 'Amr." So he was summoned and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Set her free, and when you hear of a tenderhearted slave coming to us, come to me and I will compensate you for her." So they set her free, and a delicate slave came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He called Abu Al-Yusr and said, "Take from this slave a boy for your nephew." So he left and took a weak and sickly boy, leaving the stronger ones behind. I asked, "What prevented you from taking from the stronger ones?" He said, "I feared for them by Allah, concerning my nephew." He did not live long after that. Ibn Ishaq said, "I narrated this Hadith to Rabee'ah ibn 'Abdul Rahman and he said, 'By Allah, 'Umar did not emancipate them except for this Hadith.'"  

لِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ الْآنَ وَاللهِ تُبَاعِينَ يَا سَلَّامَةُ فِي الدَّيْنِ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ كَانَ اللهُ قَضَى ذَلِكَ عَلِيَّ احْتَسَبْتُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي فَقَالَ «مَنْ صَاحِبُ تَرِكَةِ الْحُبَابِ؟» قَالُوا أَخُوهُ أَبُو الْيُسْرِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَدُعِيَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَعْتِقُوهَا فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَقِيقٍ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا فَائْتُونِي أُعَوِّضُكُمْ مِنْهَا» فَأَعْتَقُوهَا وَقَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَقِيقٌ فَدَعَا أَبَا الْيُسْرِ فَقَالَ «خُذْ مِنْ هَذَا الرَّقِيقِ غُلَامًا لِابْنِ أَخِيكَ» فَانْطَلَقَ فَأَخَذَ غُلَامًا ضَعِيفًا سَقِيمًا وَتَرَكَ أَشِدَّاءَ أقوياءَ فَقُلْتُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنَ الْأقْوِياءِ؟ فَقَالَ خِفْتُهُمْ وَاللهِ عَلَى ابْنِ أَخِي فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ مَاتَ قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ فَحَدَّثْتُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ «وَاللهِ مَا أَعْتَقَهُمْ عُمَرُ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ»  

[Machine] So his wife said, "Now you are in debt, so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who is the companion of the inheritance of Al-Hubab bin 'Amr?" They said, "His brother, Abu Al-Yasr Ka'b bin 'Amr." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said to him, "Do not sell it, and set her free. If you hear that Riqiq (a type of milk) has come to me, come to me and I will compensate you for it." So they did that, but they differed among themselves after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Some people said: "The mother of the child is a slave woman. If not for that, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not have compensated them for her." And some of them said: "No, she is a free woman whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed." That is where the difference lies.  

فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ الْآنَ تُبَاعِينَ فِي دَيْنِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ صَاحِبُ تَرِكَةِ الْحُبَابِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؟ فَقَالُوا أَخُوهُ أَبُو الْيَسَرِ كَعْبُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا تَبِيعُوهَا وَأَعْتِقُوهَا فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِرَقِيقٍ قَدْ جَاءَنِي فَائْتُونِي أُعَوِّضْكُمْ مِنْهَا فَفَعَلُوا وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ إِنَّ أُمَّ الْوَلَدِ مَمْلُوكَةٌ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُعَوِّضْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ هِيَ حُرَّةٌ قَدْ أَعْتَقَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَفِي ذَا كَانَ الِاخْتِلَافُ