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Bayhaqi 21548 — The mudabbar may be sold whenever his owner wishes

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ، ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ مَطَرٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، وَأَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، وَعَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكَهُ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ فَمَاتَ، فَدَعَا بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: فَبَاعَهُ مِنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَحَدِ بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ. . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ أَبِي غَسَّانَ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَسُقْ مَتْنَهُ وَأَحَالَ بِهِ عَلَى رِوَايَةِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ. وَقَوْلُهُ: إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ فَمَاتَ، مِنْ شَرْطِ الْعِتْقِ وَلَيْسَ بِإِخْبَارٍ عَنْ مَوْتِ الْمُعْتِقِ، وَمِنْ هُنَا وَقَعَ الْغَلَطُ لِبَعْضِ الرُّوَاةِ فِي ذِكْرِ وَفَاةِ الرَّجُلِ فِيهِ عِنْدَ الْبَيْعِ، وَإِنَّمَا ذَكَرَ وَفَاتَهُ فِي شَرْطِ الْعِتْقِ يَوْمَ التَّدْبِيرِ، وَالَّذِي يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ رِوَايَةُ الْجُمْهُورِ..
Ata bin Abi Rabah, Abu al-Zubayr and Amr bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on them) narrated that Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) told them that a man of the Ansar freed his slave (on the condition that he would be free) if something happened to him and he died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for the slave and sold him to Nu'aym bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), one of Banu Adi bin Ka'b.
His words "if something happened to him and he died" are part of the condition of manumission, not a report of the death of the one who freed him. It is from here that some narrators erred in mentioning the man's death at the time of the sale; his death was mentioned only within the condition of manumission on the day of the tadbir, and this is what the narration of the majority indicates.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب المدبر / 21548
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