Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1935
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ: أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ وَلِيدَةً فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «لَوْ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أخوالك كَانَ أعظم لأجرك»
Translation
Maymunah bint al-Harith freed a young female slave during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah, and he said: ‘If you had given her to your maternal uncles, that would have brought you a greater reward.’