Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3403
عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ: أَنَّ أُمَّهُ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَعْتِقَ فَأَخَّرَتْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْ تُصْبِحَ فَمَاتَتْ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: فَقُلْتُ لِلْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ: أَيَنْفَعُهَا أَنْ أَعْتِقَ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ الْقَاسِمُ: أَتَى سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ أُمِّي هَلَكَتْ فَهَلْ يَنْفَعُهَا أَنْ أَعْتِقَ عَنْهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نعم» . رَوَاهُ مَالك
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Amrah al-Ansari reported: His mother intended to emancipate a slave but postponed it until morning, and then she died. Abd al-Rahman said: I asked al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, ‘Would it benefit her if I emancipated a slave on her behalf?’ Al-Qasim said: Sa'd ibn Ubadah came to the Messenger of God and said, ‘My mother has died. Would it benefit her if I emancipated a slave on her behalf?’ The Messenger of God said, ‘Yes.’ Malik transmitted it.