Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3446
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَوْهَبٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ كَانَ لِعَائِشَةَ غُلاَمٌ وَجَارِيَةٌ قَالَتْ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُعْتِقَهُمَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " ابْدَئِي بِالْغُلاَمِ قَبْلَ الْجَارِيَةِ " .
Translation
Ishaq bin Ibrahim informed us; Hammad bin Mas'adah narrated to us; Ibn Mawhab narrated to us, from al-Qasim bin Muhammad, who said: A'ishah had a male and a female enslaved person. She said: I wanted to set them both free, so I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah. He said, ‘Begin with the male before the female.’