Sharik bin Abdullah narrated from Salamah bin Kuhayl, from Ata and Abu al-Zubayr, from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man died leaving a mudabbar and a debt, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to sell him to pay his debt, and they sold him for 800.
Abu Bakr al-Naysaburi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sharik's statement that the man had died is an error on his part, because in the narration of al-A'mash from Salamah bin Kuhayl it says that he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the price to him and said: "Pay off your debt." Likewise Amr bin Dinar and Abu al-Zubayr narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the master of the mudabbar was alive on the day the mudabbar was sold.
The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The scholars of hadith have no doubt about Sharik's error in this; this error occurred for him and for others only because of what is in the following narration.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب المدبر / 21547