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زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

tabarani:16304 – Muḥammad b. ʿĀṣim al-Aṣbahānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shabīb > Dāwud b. ʿAbdullāh al-Jaʿfarī > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > Ibn ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] A girl came to graze my sheep, and the wolf ate one of the sheep. So, I hit the girl's face, but then I felt remorseful. I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, if I had known that she was a believer, I would have freed her." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked the girl, "Who am I?" She replied, "You are the Messenger of Allah." He then asked, "Who is Allah?" She responded, "He is the one in the heavens." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Free her, for she is a believer."  

الطبراني:١٦٣٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ ثنا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِي فَأَكَلَ الذِّئْبُ شَاةً فَضَرَبْتُ وَجْهَ الْجَارِيَةِ فَنَدِمْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ لَأَعْتَقْتُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْجَارِيَةِ «مَنْ أَنَا؟» قَالَتْ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ «فَمَنِ اللهُ؟» قَالَتْ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ»  

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Collected by Mālik, Ibn Ḥibbān
malik:38-9 – Mālik > Hilāl b. Usāmah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > ʿUmar b. al-Ḥakam

Malik related to me from Hilal ibn Usama from Ata ibn Yasar that Umar ibn al-Hakam said, "I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Messenger of Allah, a slave girl of mine was tending my sheep. I came to her and one of the sheep was lost. I asked her about it and she said that a wolf had eaten it, so I became angry and I am one of the children of Adam, so I struck her on the face. As it happens, I have to set a slave free, shall I free her?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ questioned her, 'Where is Allah?' She said, 'In heaven.' He said, 'Who am I?' She said, 'You are the Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Free her.' "  

مالك:٣٨-٩ – حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ جَارِيَةً لِي كَانَتْ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِي فَجِئْتُهَا وَقَدْ فُقِدَتْ شَاةٌ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَنْهَا فَقَالَتْ أَكَلَهَا الذِّئْبُ فَأَسِفْتُ عَلَيْهَا وَكُنْتُ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ فَلَطَمْتُ وَجْهَهَا وَعَلَىَّ رَقَبَةٌ أَفَأُعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيْنَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَتْ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنَا فَقَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْتِقْهَا  

ذِكْرُ إِثْبَاتِ الْإِيمَانِ لِلْمُقِرِّ بِالشَّهَادَتَيْنِ مَعًا

ibnhibban:165 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥajjāj al-Ṣawwāf > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Hilāl b. Abū Maymūnah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Muʿāwiyah b. al-Ḥakam al-Sulamī

[Machine] I had a female servant who used to take care of my sheep in the area of Uhud and Al-Juwwaniyah. One day, I went to visit my sheep and found that a wolf had taken one of them. I felt sorry for the loss, just like any normal human would, so I hit the servant with a strong blow. It deeply affected me, so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Shouldn't I set her free?" He responded, "Bring her to me." So I brought her to him and he asked, "Where is Allah?" She replied, "In the heavens." He asked, "Who am I?" She said, "You are the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." He said, "Set her free, for she is a believer."  

ابن حبّان:١٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ الصَّوَّافِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَتْ لِي غُنَيْمَةٌ تَرْعَاهَا جَارِيَةٌ لِي فِي قِبَلِ أُحُدٍ وَالْجَوَّانِيَّةِ فَاطَّلَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ الذِّئْبُ مِنْهَا بِشَاةٍ وَأَنَا مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ آسَفُ كَمَا يَأْسَفُونَ فَصَكَكْتُهَا صَكَّةً فَعَظُمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَفَلَا أَعْتِقُهَا؟ قَالَ «ائْتِنِي بِهَا» فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ اللَّهُ؟ » قَالَتْ فِي السَّمَاءِ قَالَ «مَنْ أَنَا؟ » قَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ»