حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ عَنْ بُکَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ کَانَتْ لِي جَارِيَةٌ فَأَعْتَقْتُهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ آجَرَکِ اللَّهُ أَمَا إِنَّکِ لَوْ کُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَکِ کَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِکِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1690
Maimunah, wife of the Probhet ﷺ said: I had a slave girl and I set her free. When the Prophet ﷺ entered upon me, I informed him (of this). He said: May Allah give reward for it; if you had given her to your maternal uncles, it would have increased your reward
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020