Hadith 40237

Chapter 10

باب 10

(10) باب فِيمَنْ أَعْتَقَ عَبِيدًا لَهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهُمُ الثُّلُثُ

(1492) Chapter: Regarding One Who Manumits Slaves Of His That Exceed One Third Of His Property (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، - هُوَ الطَّحَّانُ - عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَقَالَ - يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم - " لَوْ شَهِدْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْفَنَ لَمْ يُدْفَنْ فِي مَقَابِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ " .

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Qilabah from Abu Zaid through a different chain of narrators to the same effect:
A man of the Ansar ... The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Had I been present before his burial, he would not have been buried in a Muslim cemetry. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sunan Abi Dawud 3960 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 31, Hadith 35 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 30, Hadith 3949 (ES)