صحيح البخاري

Hadith 2531

Book 49: The Book of Manumission (of Slaves)

كِتَاب الْعِتْقِ

Chapter 7

(7) Chapter. If somebody says to his slave that he is for Allah; and by that he intends to manumit him (the slave is manumitted). And the witness for manumission.

7- بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِعَبْدِهِ هُوَ لِلَّهِ. وَنَوَى الْعِتْقَ، وَالإِشْهَادُ فِي الْعِتْقِ:

English narration

Narrated by حماد بن أسامة القرشي

On my way to the Prophet (ﷺ) I was reciting-- 'What a long tedious tiresome night! Nevertheless, it has saved us From the land of Kufr (disbelief).' I had a slave who ran away from me on the way. When I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and gave the pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam, the slave showed up while I was still with the Prophet (ﷺ) who remarked, "O Abu Huraira! Here is your slave!" I said, "I manumit him for Allah's Sake," and so I freed him.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : "

لَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قُلْتُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ : يَا لَيْلَةً مِنْ طُولِهَا وَعَنَائِهَا عَلَى أَنَّهَا مِنْ دَارَةِ الْكُفْرِ نَجَّتِ

" ، قَالَ : وَأَبَقَ مِنِّي غُلَامٌ لِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَايَعْتُهُ ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِذْ طَلَعَ الْغُلَامُ ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، هَذَا غُلَامُكَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : هُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ ، فَأَعْتَقْتُهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ : لَمْ يَقُلْ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ حُرٌّ .

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 2531In-book: Book 49, Hadith 2531

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