20/2. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1503c — Similar Wording
A slave working to pay off the other half
Hadith Chain on Fair Slave Emancipation
Sahih Muslim : 1503c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1503c
حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ وَذَكَرَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قُوِّمَ عَلَيْهِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ.
A hadith like this is reported on the authority of the same chain of transmitters but with a slight change of words.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1503cIn-book reference : Book 20, Hadith 6USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 9, Hadith 3583
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1503c
This report is another narration of the same Hadith about freeing a share in a slave. The translation says it comes through the same chain of transmitters with a slight change of words. It also mentions that the slave should be valued at a fair price. The report does not create a new event or a separate teaching outside the earlier wording. Its value is in confirming the same subject: a shared slave, partial emancipation, fair valuation, and responsible handling of the remaining share. Readers searching for Sahih Muslim 1503c are usually looking for the fair price slave emancipation hadith. The safest explanation is to keep it tied to that wording without adding extra details.
What we learn from this hadith
- This narration supports the same rule through similar wording.
- Fair valuation remains part of the reported meaning.
- No separate new ruling should be taken from this brief wording alone.
