حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ بُکَيْرٍ عَنْ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ بُکَيْرٍ عَنْ کُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً وَلَمْ تَسْتَأْذِنْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا کَانَ يَوْمُهَا الَّذِي يَدُورُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ قَالَتْ أَشَعَرْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنِّي أَعْتَقْتُ وَلِيدَتِي قَالَ أَوَفَعَلْتِ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّکِ لَوْ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَکِ کَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِکِ وَقَالَ بَکْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ بُکَيْرٍ عَنْ کُرَيْبٍ إِنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ أَعْتَقَتْ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2592
Narrated Kuraib: the freed slave of Ibn `Abbas, that Maimuna bint Al-Harith told him that she manumitted a slave-girl without taking the permission of the Prophet. On the day when it was her turn to be with the Prophet, she said, "Do you know, O Allah's Apostle, that I have manumitted my slave-girl?" He said, "Have you really?" She replied in the affirmative. He said, "You would have got more reward if you had given her (i.e. the slave-girl) to one of your maternal uncles."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020