Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to sell two slave boys who were brothers. In selling them, I separated them from each other. Then I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: Go after them both, take them both back, and sell them together. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Abu Dawud recorded a hadith from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had given those two slaves to him as a gift, and that he sold one of them.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب البيوع / 6518
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه احمد فى المسند (760) ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 1048، وأخرجه المستدرك على الصحيحين برقم: 2620»