Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7176, 7177
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ حِينَ أَذِنَ لَهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي عِتْقِ سَبْىِ هَوَازِنَ " إِنِّي لاَ أَدْرِي مَنْ أَذِنَ مِنْكُمْ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَأْذَنْ، فَارْجِعُوا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ إِلَيْنَا عُرَفَاؤُكُمْ أَمْرَكُمْ ". فَرَجَعَ النَّاسُ فَكَلَّمَهُمْ عُرَفَاؤُهُمْ، فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ طَيَّبُوا وَأَذِنُوا.
ʿUrwa ibn al-Zubayr reported that Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam and al-Miswar ibn Makhrama told him that, when the Muslims consented to the freeing of the captives of Hawāzin, the Messenger of God said, “I do not know which of you has consented and which has not. So return, and let your leaders convey your decision to us.”
The people returned, their leaders spoke with them, and they came back to the Messenger of God and informed him that the people had willingly consented.
Translation notes
The source says the people consented willingly after their leaders consulted them. The procedure is retained as a sequence, including the Prophet’s stated uncertainty about who had initially agreed.