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tabarani:15609 – Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man from the Ansar passed away leaving behind six slaves who had no other wealth besides them. Upon his death, he freed all of them. This news reached the Prophet ﷺ , and he divided them into three parts, beating a small drum between them. He freed one third and made the other two thirds into separate groups.  

الطبراني:١٥٦٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

تُوُفِّيَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَتَرَكَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ جَمِيعًا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «فَجَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ ثُمَّ أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ الثُّلُثَ وَأَرَقَّ الثُّلُثَيْنِ»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
abudawud:3958 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them, divided them into three sections, cast lots among them, and emancipated two and kept four in slavery.  

أبو داود:٣٩٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلاً شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمْ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

ibnhibban:4320 – Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them, divided them into three sections, cast lots among them, and emancipated two and kept four in slavery. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3958)   

ابن حبّان:٤٣٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنَ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

«أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ لَهُ سِتَّةُ أَعْبُدٍ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَرِهَهُ وَجَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً»  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْإِمَامِ تَعْلَيِمُ رَعِيَّتِهِ دِينَهُمْ بِالْأَفْعَالِ إِذَا جَهَلُوا

ibnhibban:4542 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them, divided them into three sections, cast lots among them, and emancipated two and kept four in slavery. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3958)   

ابن حبّان:٤٥٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ قَالَ «فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلًا شَدِيدًا قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِهِمْ فَجَزَّأَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً»  

nasai-kubra:4957 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥaṣīn

A man who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of the death. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he spoke severely of him. He then called them, divided them into three sections, cast lots among them, and emancipated two and kept four in slavery. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3958)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حَصِينٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ سِتَّةَ أَعْبُدٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «فَكَرِهَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ جَزَّأَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً»  

bayhaqi:21394 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man had six slaves and he had no money except for them. So he freed them upon his death. This matter was brought to the Prophet ﷺ , who disliked it. Then he divided them, I think he said into three parts, and he drew lots among them. He freed two and kept four as slaves.  

البيهقي:٢١٣٩٤ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ لَهُ سِتَّةُ أَعْبُدٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَرِهَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ جَزَّأَهُمْ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَعْتَقَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرَقَّ أَرْبَعَةً  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمِنْهَالِ وَغَيْرِهِ