Hadith 38549

Chapter 5

باب 5

(5) باب مَنْ ذَكَرَ السِّعَايَةَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ

(1487) Chapter: Whoever Mentioned Working In Order To Pay Off The Remaining Portion, In This Hadith (JA)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ، - يَعْنِي الْعَطَّارَ - حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شَقِيصًا فِي مَمْلُوكِهِ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُعْتِقَهُ كُلَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ وَإِلاَّ اسْتُسْعِيَ الْعَبْدُ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقٍ عَلَيْهِ " .

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:
If anyone emancipates a share in his slave, he should completely emancipate him if he has money; but if he has none, then slave will be required to work (to pay for his freedom), but he must not be overburdened. (JA)

Reference (JA): Sunan Abi Dawud 3937 (JA)

In-book reference (JA): Book 31, Hadith 12 (JA)

English translation (JA): Book 30, Hadith 3926 (JA)