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Bayhaqi 18844 — Evidence that he freed them because of their Islam

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، أنبأ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ثنا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ عَبْدٌ فَبَايَعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ وَلَمْ يَشْعُرْ أَنَّهُ عَبْدٌ، فَجَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ يُرِيدُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " بِعْنِيهِ "، فَاشْتَرَاهُ بِعَبْدَيْنِ أَسْوَدَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُبَايِعْ أَحَدًا بَعْدُ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَهُ أَعَبْدٌ هُوَ؟. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَلَوْ كَانَ الْإِسْلَامُ يُعْتِقُهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِ مِنْهُ حُرًّا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَسْلَمَ غَيْرَ خَارِجٍ مِنْ بِلَادٍ مَنْصُوبٍ عَلَيْهَا الْحَرْبُ.
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that a slave came and pledged allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for emigration. He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not know that he was a slave. Then his master came to take him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sell him to me." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) bought him in exchange for two black slaves. After that, when taking the pledge, he would ask: "Is he not a slave?"
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says: If accepting Islam had freed him, a free man would not have been bought from him; but (this was) a person who accepted Islam without leaving a land of war.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجزية / 18844
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ بخاري ١٦٠٢»