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Bulugh al-Maram: Hadith 715

15. Emancipation

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715
Bulugh al-Maram
وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ, عَنْ أَبِيهِ, عَنْ جَدِّهِ, عَنْ اَلنَّبِيِّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-{ قَالَ:اَلْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ"} أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِإِسْنَادٍ حَسَن ٍ 1‏ وَأَصْلُهُ عِنْدَ أَحْمَدَ, وَالثَّلَاثَةِ, وَصَحَّحَهُ اَلْحَاكِم ُ 2‏ ‏
Amro bin Shu'aib narrated on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather (RAA), That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"A slave who entered into an agreement to buy his freedom is still a slave as long as a Dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid." Related by Abu Dawud with a good chain of narrators. The full hadith is related by Ahmad and the three Imams. Al-Hakim graded it to be Sahih.
Reference: English : Book 15, Hadith 1475
Arabic : Book 15, Hadith 1431