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tabarani:20522 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār

[Machine] On the authority of Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , she said, "I had a slave girl whom I set free. The Prophet ﷺ came to me and I informed him about her emancipation. He said, 'May Allah reward you. Had you given her to your relatives as a gift, your reward would have been greater.'"  

الطبراني:٢٠٥٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ أَعْتَقْتُ جَارِيَةً لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلِيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِعِتْقِهَا فَقَالَ «آجَرَكِ اللهُ أَمَا أَنَّكِ لَوْ أُعْطِيتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ لَكَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
abudawud:1690 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbdah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār

I had a slave girl and I set her free. When the Prophet ﷺ entered upon me, I informed him (of this). He said : May Allah give reward for it; if you had given her to your maternal uncles, it would have increased your reward  

أبو داود:١٦٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَتْ لِي جَارِيَةٌ فَأَعْتَقْتُهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ آجَرَكِ اللَّهُ أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ كُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لأَجْرِكِ  

ahmad:26817 – Yaʿlá > Muḥammad / Ibn Isḥāq > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār

I had a slave girl and I set her free. When the Prophet ﷺ entered upon me, I informed him (of this). He said : May Allah give reward for it; if you had given her to your maternal uncles, it would have increased your reward (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1690)  

أحمد:٢٦٨١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ أَعْتَقْتُ جَارِيَةً لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِعِتْقِهَا فَقَالَ آجَرَكِ اللهُ أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ كُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ  

ahmad:26822 – Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Bukayr b. al-Ashaj > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] He said: I heard Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , saying: I freed a slave girl during the time of the Prophet ﷺ , so I mentioned that to him. Then, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: If you had given her to your relatives, it would have been greater in reward for you.  

أحمد:٢٦٨٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ أَعْتَقْتُ وَلِيدَةً فِي زَمَانِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ  

hakim:1513 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > Asad b. Mūsá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > Ibrāhīm b. Abū Ṭālib > Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbdah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār

I had a slave girl and I set her free. When the Prophet ﷺ entered upon me, I informed him (of this). He said : May Allah give reward for it; if you had given her to your maternal uncles, it would have increased your reward (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1690)  

الحاكم:١٥١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ ثنا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَتْ لِي جَارِيَةٌ فَأَعْتَقْتُهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «آجَرَكِ اللَّهُ أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ كُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِيهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
hakim:2847 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī And ʾAḥmad b. Ḥāzim al-Ghifārī > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd al-Ṭanāfisī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Maymūnah

I had a slave girl and I set her free. When the Prophet ﷺ entered upon me, I informed him (of this). He said : May Allah give reward for it; if you had given her to your maternal uncles, it would have increased your reward (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1690)   

الحاكم:٢٨٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ الْغِفَارِيُّ قَالَا ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

أَعْتَقْتُ جَارِيَةً لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِعِتْقِهَا فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ كُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
nasai-kubra:4911 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbdah > Ibn Isḥāq > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Maymūnah

I had a slave girl and I set her free. When the Prophet ﷺ entered upon me, I informed him (of this). He said : May Allah give reward for it; if you had given her to your maternal uncles, it would have increased your reward (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1690)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩١١ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَتْ لِي جَارِيَةٌ فَأَعْتَقْتُهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ «آجَرَكِ اللهُ أَمَّا إِنَّكِ لَوْ كُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ»  

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السيوطي:٦٧٩-١٠b –

"كَانَتْ لِي جَارِيَةٌ فَأَعْتَقْتُهَا، فَأَخْبَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: آجَرَكِ اللهُ - تَعَالَى- أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ أَنَّكِ كُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أعْظَمَ لأَجْرِكِ".  

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