Sunan an-Nasa'i 3861

Translation

"I said to 'Ata': 'What if I hire a slave for a year in return for his food, and for another year, in return for such and such?' He said: 'There is nothing wrong with that, and you may stipulate your conditions of hiring even for a few days.' 'How about if I make a deal to hire him when part of the year has passed?' He said: 'Do not hold me to account for what has passed.'"

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Other narrations of this report

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 23840Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 23841al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11782al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4663

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAṭāʾ b. Abī Rabāḥ

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous, but he often narrated with omission of the Companion (irsāl); it is said that he changed (taghayyara) at the end of his life, though this was not frequent in himd. 112 AH, or 114 AH, or 115 AH, or 116 AH, or 117 AH
   عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍثقة فقيه ، فاضل لكنه كثير الإرسال ، وقيل : إنه تغير بآخره ، ولم يكثر ذلك منه
   قلت
2. 2
   Ibn Jurayj

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), excellent (fāḍil); he used to commit concealment (tadlīs) and to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 149 AH or 150 AH or 151 AH or 160 AH
   ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍثقة فقيه فاضل ، وكان يدلس ويرسل
   عنه قراءة
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh) and scholar, generous and a fighter in the way of God, in whom the qualities of goodness were gathered.d. 181 AH, or 182 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِثقة ثبت ، فقيه عالم ، جواد مجاهد ، جمعت فيه خصال الخير
   أنبأنا
4. 4
   Ḥibbān

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 231 AH or 232 AH or 233 AH
   حِبَّانُثقة
   أنبأنا
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. Ḥātim

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. close to 300 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍثقة
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.