al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 21793
✧ The mukatab's incapacity
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أَخْبَرَنَا ) أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَا: ثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ، أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ: أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ كَاتَبَ غُلَامًا لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ شَرْفًا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفًا فَخَرَجَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَكَانَ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى حُمُرٍ لَهُ حَتَّى أَدَّى خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا فَجَاءَهُ إِنْسَانٌ فَقَالَ مَجْنُونٌ أَنْتَ أَنْتَ هَاهُنَا تُعَذِّبُ نَفْسَكَ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يَشْتَرِي الرَّقِيقَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا ثُمَّ يُعْتِقُهُمُ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ قَدْ عَجَزْتُ فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ بِصَحِيفَتِهِ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَدْ عَجَزْتُ وَهَذِهِ صَحِيفَتِي فَامْحُهَا، فَقَالَ: لَا وَلَكِنِ امْحُهَا إِنْ شِئْتَ فَمَحَاهَا، فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَا عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَأَنْتَ حُرٌّ، قَالَ: أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ أَحْسِنْ إِلَى ابْنَيَّ، قَالَ: هُمَا حُرَّانِ، قَالَ: أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ أَحْسِنْ إِلَى أُمَّيْ وَلَدَيَّ، قَالَ: هُمَا حُرَّتَانِ فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ خَمْسَتَهُمْ جَمِيعًا فِي مَقْعَدٍ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan and ʾAbū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq
- Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Anbaʾ Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam Anbaʾ Ibn Wahb
- ʿUmar b. Muḥammad b. Zayd b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar
- his father
Machine translation, not reviewed
ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar made a contract of manumission (mukātabah) with a slave of his called Sharf for forty thousand. He went out to Kūfah and used to work with donkeys of his until he had paid fifteen thousand. Then a man came to him and said: "Are you mad? You are here tormenting yourself, while ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar buys slaves right and left and then frees them! Go back to him and tell him: I am unable." So he came to him with his document and said: "O Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, I am unable, and this is my document, so erase it." He said: "No, but erase it yourself if you wish." So he erased it, and the eyes of ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar overflowed with tears. He said: "Go, you are free." He said: "May God set you right, be kind to my two sons." He said: "They are both free." He said: "May God set you right, be kind to the two mothers of my children." He said: "They are both free." So he freed all five of them together in one sitting.
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- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرأن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 101 AH and 110 AHأَبَاهُثقةحدثه
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. before 150 AHعُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَثقةأخبرني
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AHابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابدأنبأ
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 268 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِثقةأنبأ
- d. 346 AHأَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ : مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَحدثنا
- d. 414 AHوَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَأخبرنا
- d. 458 AHالبيهقي
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