أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ الشَّرِيدِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أُمِّي أَوْصَتْ أَنْ تُعْتَقَ عَنْهَا رَقَبَةٌ وَإِنَّ عِنْدِي جَارِيَةً نُوبِيَّةً أَفَيُجْزِئُ عَنِّي أَنْ أُعْتِقَهَا عَنْهَا قَالَ ائْتِنِي بِهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ رَبُّکِ قَالَتْ اللَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَنَا قَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَأَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3688
It was narrated that Ash Sharid bin Suwaid Ath-Thaqafi said: “I came to the Messenger of Allah and said: ‘My mother left a will saying that a slave should be freed on her behalf. I have a Nubian slave girl; will it suffice if I free her on her behalf?’ He said: ‘Bring her here.’ The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to her: ‘Who is your Lord?’ She said: ‘Allah.’ He said: ‘Who am I?’ She said: ‘The Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Set her free, for she is a believer.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020