27/12. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1501f — Variant Report on Shared Freedom
One who frees his share in a slave
Variant Hadith Report on Freeing a Share in a Slave
Sahih Muslim : 1501f
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1501f
وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ، بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُلَيَّةَ - كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ - كُلُّ هَؤُلاَءِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ " وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ " . إِلاَّ فِي حَدِيثِ أَيُّوبَ وَيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ فَإِنَّهُمَا ذَكَرَا هَذَا الْحَرْفَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَقَالاَ لاَ نَدْرِي أَهُوَ شَىْءٌ فِي الْحَدِيثِ أَوْ قَالَهُ نَافِعٌ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ وَلَيْسَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . إِلاَّ فِي حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ .
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1501fIn-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 75USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 15, Hadith 4105
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1501f
This report is mainly about transmission. It states that the same Hadith was narrated through other chains with slight differences in wording. The Arabic text also notes that some narrations did not include the wording about what happens if the person has no money, except in certain reports. This is useful for readers searching for Sahih Muslim 1501f, manumission hadith variants, and freeing share in slave Hadith. The teaching connected to it remains the rule of shared slave emancipation, while this particular report helps show how the wording was preserved and compared through different narrators. It reminds the reader that Hadith texts are not only rulings; they also carry careful notes about wording and transmission.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report records that the Hadith came through several chains.
- Some wording differences are clearly noted instead of being ignored.
- The central subject remains freeing a share in a slave.
- Careful transmission helps readers understand which phrases appear in which reports.
