مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب البيوع والأقضيةBook of Sales and Judgments
في الرجل يعتق عبده وليس له مال غيرهIf Someone Frees His Slave and Has No Other Property
Hadith 23133
٢٣١٣٣ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا حفص بن غياث عن حجاج عن العلاء بن بدر عن أبي (يحيى) (١) (الأعرج) (٢) قال: سئل النبي ﷺ عن عبد أعتقه مولاه عند موته وليس له مال (غيره) (٣) وعليه دين، قال: فأمره النبي ﷺ أن يسعى في الدين (٤).
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Yahya Al-A'raj (may Allah be pleased with him) that it was asked from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that a slave was set free by his master at the time of his (the master's) death, and he (the master) had no other wealth besides him, and there is also debt upon him (the master). The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the slave should strive to pay off his master's debt.
