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Selling A Mudabbir[1]

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Darussalam · Volume 4

28. THE BOOKOF MANUMISSIONOF SLAVES

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الحديث: 3957 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 27

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3957. It was narrated from Abū Az-Zubair, from Jābir that an Anṣārī man called Abū Madhkūr, stated that a slave of his, who was called Ya'qūb, was to be manumitted upon his death, but he had no other property apart from him. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ called him and said: "Who will buy him?" Nu'aim bin 'Abdullāh bin An-Naḥhām bought him for eight hundred Dirham. He gave it to him, then he said: "If one of you is poor, let him start with himself. If there is anything left over, then let him spend it on his dependents; and if there is anything left over, let him spend it on his relatives" – or he said: "on his kin, and if there is anything left over, let him spend it here and there." (Sahih)

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3957 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا، مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ: لَهُ أَبُو مَذْكُورٍ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامًا لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ دُبُرٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ» فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ النَّحَّامِ بِثَمَانِ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى عِيَالِهِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا فَضْلٌ فَعَلَى ذِي قَرَابَتِهِ» أَوْ قَالَ: «عَلَى ذِي رَحِمِهِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ فَضْلًا فَهَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا»

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