Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2529
حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ أَعْتَقَ عَبْدًا وَلَهُ مَالٌ فَمَالُ الْعَبْدِ لَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشْتَرِطَ السَّيِّدُ مَالَهُ فَيَكُونَ لَهُ " . وَقَالَ ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَسْتَثْنِيَهُ السَّيِّدُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Harmalah ibn Yahya narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us: Ibn Lahi ah informed me. (Another chain:) Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Said ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us: al-Layth ibn Sad informed us. Both chains lead from Ubaydullah ibn Abi Jafar, from Bukayr ibn al-Ashajj, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever emancipates a slave who has property, the slaves property belongs to him, unless the master stipulates that the property belong to him; then it belongs to the master. Ibn Lahi ah said: Unless the master excludes it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves two transmission routes that converge at Ubaydullah ibn Abi Jafar. Ibn Lahi ah then supplies an alternate wording: unless the master excludes the property. The slaves property belongs to the freed slave by default, subject to the masters stipulation or exception.