حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ، نَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ ، وَالْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَانِئٍ ، قَالُوا : نَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، نَا شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، وَأَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، أَنَّ رَجُلا مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ مُدَبَّرًا وَدَيْنًا ، " فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَبِيعُوهُ فِي دَيْنِهِ " ، فَبَاعُوهُ بِثَمَانِمِائَةٍ . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : قَوْلُ شَرِيكٍ : إِنَّ رَجُلا مَاتَ خَطَأٌ مِنْهُ ، لأَنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ : وَدَفَعَ ثَمَنَهُ إِلَيْهِ ، وَقَالَ : اقْضِ دَيْنَكَ كَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ ، وَأَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، أَنَّ سَيِّدًا لِمُدَبَّرٍ كَانَ حَيًّا يَوْمَ بَيْعِ الْمُدَبَّرِ.
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once a man passed away, leaving behind a mudabbar slave and some debt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered his heirs to sell the mudabbar slave to pay off the debt, so they sold the slave for eight hundred (dirhams). The hadith scholar named Abu Bakr stated that the words in the narration, "a man passed away," are a mistake by the narrator, because other narrators have reported: (his master himself had freed the slave). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) paid the price of the slave to his master and said, "With this, pay off your debt." Similarly, other narrators have reported from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day the slave was sold, his master was alive.