Narrated Amr bin Shuaib: on his father's authority, told that his grandfather reported the Prophet ﷺ said: A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase his freedom is a slave as long as a dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب العتق / 3926
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (3399)
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ أبو داود، (تحفة الأشراف: 8707)، وقد أخرجہ: سنن الترمذی/البیوع 35 (1260)، سنن ابن ماجہ/العتق 3 (2519)، مسند احمد (2/178، 206، 209) (حسن) »
'Amro bin Shu’aib narrated on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather (RAA), That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “A slave who entered into an agreement to buy his freedom is still a slave as long as a Dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid.” Related by Abu Dawud with a good chain of narrators. The full hadith is related by Ahmad and the three Imams. Al-Hakim graded it to be Sahih.