Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a black, non-Arab slave woman and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I am obliged to free a believing slave." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the slave woman: "Where is Allah?" She pointed towards the sky with her index finger and her head. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: "Who am I?" She pointed with her finger towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and towards the sky, meaning: "You are the Messenger of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to the man): "Free her!"
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Bazzar, and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, recorded it, but he recorded these words: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: 'Who is your Lord?' She pointed towards the sky with her head and said: 'Allah.'"
The narrators of this narration have been declared trustworthy. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: The hadiths recorded by al-Tabarani on this topic will come in the Book of Freeing Slaves.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 42
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij«أورده الامام احمد فى مسنده 291/2 ، اخرجه الامام الطبراني فى معجمه الاوسط 5523 اورده المؤلف فى زوائد المسند 26 ، اورده المؤلف فى كشف الاستار 13 ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 7846، وأخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 2619»