English translation
1348. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever frees a portion" or he said: "a part of a slave, then he should finish paying his price if he can afford it. If he can not afford to pay reasonable price then he should be allowed to work to earn the amount that will free him without overburdening him." [He said:] There is something on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr. (Another chain) with similar, and he said: "a part." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. This was reported by Abān bin Yazīd from Qatādah similar to the narration of Sa'eed bin Abī 'Arūbah (a narrator in the chain of this Ḥadīth). Shu'bah reported this Ḥadīth from Qatādah, but he did not mention the matter of working in it. The people of knowledge differed over the issue of working. Some of them held the view that he could work to earn in this case, this is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, the people of Al-Kūfah, and it is the view of Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge said: When the slave is owned by two men, and one of them frees his portion of him, then he should pay off the portion of his brother and free the slave if he can afford it. If he can not afford it, then the slave will be free only as much as he freed him, and he is not permitted to work (for the remainder). They