Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2491
حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ أَعْتَقَ شِقْصًا لَهُ مِنْ عَبْدٍ ـ أَوْ شِرْكًا أَوْ قَالَ نَصِيبًا ـ وَكَانَ لَهُ مَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَهُ بِقِيمَةِ الْعَدْلِ، فَهْوَ عَتِيقٌ، وَإِلاَّ فَقَدْ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ " . قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي قَوْلُهُ عَتَقَ مِنْهُ مَا عَتَقَ. قَوْلٌ مِنْ نَافِعٍ أَوْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Imran ibn Maysara narrated to us: Abd al-Warith narrated to us: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever emancipates his share of an enslaved person—or a partnership share, or a portion—and has enough to cover the person’s value at a fair valuation, the person is fully emancipated. Otherwise, only the portion already emancipated is free.’ The narrator said: I do not know whether the words ‘only the portion already emancipated is free’ are Nafi's words or part of the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Translation notes
The Arabic gives alternatives for describing the share: a part, partnership share, or portion. It preserves uncertainty about whether the final clause is Nafi’s comment or part of the Prophetic report.