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tabarani:15557Aḥmad b. Zuhayr al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Karāmah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man freed six slaves that he owned before his death. The Prophet ﷺ came to them and he divided them, freeing two of them while keeping the other four as slaves.  

الطبراني:١٥٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ كَرَامَةَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ حَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

أَعْتَقَ رَجُلٌ سِتَّةَ غِلْمَةٍ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَأَتَى فِيهِمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فَقَرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَرَعَ اثْنَانِ مِنْهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللَّذَيْنِ قَرَعَا وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً»  


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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:19938ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man freed six of his slaves before his death. The Prophet ﷺ drew lots between them, and two of them were freed.  

أحمد:١٩٩٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

أَعْتَقَ رَجُلٌ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَأَقْرَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ  

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  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ نَفَى جَوَازَ اسْتِعْمَالِ الْقُرْعَةِ فِي الْأَحْكَامِ

ibnhibban:5075al-Haytham b. Khalaf al-Dūrī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn And Qatādah Waḥumayd Wasimāk b. Ḥarb > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib

[Machine] "That a man freed six of his slaves before his death, and he had no other wealth except them, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ banged his hand between them, freeing two of them and sending back four to slavery."  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الدُّورِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَقَتَادَةَ وَحُمَيْدٍ وَسِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ وَعَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ

«أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ مَمْلُوكِينَ لَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُمْ فَأَقْرَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَرَدَّ أَرْبَعَةً فِي الرِّقِّ»  

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»