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tabarani:20785 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ commanded the freeing of slaves during a solar eclipse."

الطبراني:٢٠٧٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِالْعِتَاقَةِ عِنْدَ كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ»

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bukhari:1054 – Rabīʿ b. Yaḥyá > Zāʾidah > Hishām > Fāṭimah > Asmāʾ

No doubt the Prophet ﷺ ordered people to manumit slaves during the solar eclipse.

البخاري:١٠٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا رَبِيعُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ

لَقَدْ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْعَتَاقَةِ فِي كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ

bukhari:2519 – Mūsá b. Masʿūd > Zāʾidah b. Qudāmah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

The Prophet ﷺ ordered us to free slaves at the time of solar eclipses.

البخاري:٢٥١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ

عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَتْ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْعَتَاقَةِ فِي كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ

تَابَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَنِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ

darimi:1572 – al-Ḥakam b. al-Mubārak > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ ordered when the sun was eclipsed to perform a prayer of eclipse."

الدارمي:١٥٧٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ حِينَ كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ بِعَتَاقَةٍ»

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْعَتَاقَةِ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ أَوِ الْقَمَرِ لِمَنْ قَدْرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ

ibnhibban:2855 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah > Fāṭimah b. al-Mundhir > Asmāʾ

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to command us to free slaves on the occasion of an eclipse (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1192)

ابن حبّان:٢٨٥٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنِ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَتَاقَةِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْكُسُوفِ»