وَقَالَ بَكْرٌ: عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، إِنَّ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً لَهَا، فَقَالَ لَهَا: وَلَوْ وَصَلْتِ بَعْضَ أَخْوَالِكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ".
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2594
Narrated Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet (saws) that she manumitted her slave-girl and the Prophet (saws) said to her, "You would have got more reward if you had given the slave-girl to one of your maternal uncles."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020