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يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ

tabarani:15512[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father [Chain 2] Ibrāhīm b. Aḥmad al-Wakīʿī from my father > Wakīʿ > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm al-Tustarī > al-Ḥasan And Ibn Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn al-Khuzāʿī

[Machine] That a man freed six slaves during his illness. So the Prophet ﷺ divided among them and freed two and kept four.  

الطبراني:١٥٥١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْوَكِيعِيُّ ثنا أَبِي قَالَا ثنا وَكِيعٌ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ وَابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ فِي مَرَضِهِ «فَأَقْرَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:3961Musaddad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Yaḥyá b. ʿAtīq And ʾAyyūb > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man emancipated six slaved at the time of his death and he had no other property. The Prophet ﷺ was informed about it. He cast lots among them, emancipated two and retained four in slavery.  

أبو داود:٣٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَتِيقٍ وَأَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

ahmad:22891Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Hushaym > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī

A man emancipated six slaved at the time of his death and he had no other property. The Prophet ﷺ was informed about it. He cast lots among them, emancipated two and retained four in slavery. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3961)   

أحمد:٢٢٨٩١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

ahmad:19932Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Yaḥyá b. ʿAtīq > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man once freed six slaves he owned, but the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ intervened among them and freed two, and asked the man to make the remaining four slaves free as well. Muhammad ibn Sireen said, "If I hadn't been informed that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said it, I would have considered it my own opinion."  

أحمد:١٩٩٣٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ فَأَقْرَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ لَوْ لَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَهُ لَجَعَلْتُهُ رَأْيِي  

ahmad:19951Hāshim > al-Mubārak > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man emancipated six slaved at the time of his death and he had no other property. The Prophet ﷺ was informed about it. He cast lots among them, emancipated two and retained four in slavery. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3961)   

أحمد:١٩٩٥١حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَمَمْلُوكِينَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

عَنْسَبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي رَائِطَةَ الْغَنَوِيُّ الْأَعْوَرُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ،

tabarani:6943Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥulwānī

A man emancipated six slaved at the time of his death and he had no other property. The Prophet ﷺ was informed about it. He cast lots among them, emancipated two and retained four in slavery. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3961)   

الطبراني:٦٩٤٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحُلْوَانِيُّ ثنا الْفَيْضُ بْنُ وَثِيقٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا عَنْبَسَةُ الْأَعْوَرُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَسَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ

«أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً»  

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السيوطي:٤٨٨-٩b

"أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ لَهُ سِتَّةُ أَعْبُدٍ فَأَعْتَقَهُم بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَأَقْرعَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُم فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة
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السيوطي:٦٥١-٧٠b

"أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ لَهُ سِتَّةُ أَعْبُدٍ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ، فَأَقْرَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة