"Whoever frees a portion" or, he said: "a part" or he said: "a share he owns of a slave, then he can afford the remainder of the price according to the reasonable price, then he will be free. Otherwise he has freed as much as he has freed (only)." Ayyub (one of the narrators) said: "Perhaps Nafi said in this Hadith: 'Meaning he has freed as much of him as he has freed.'"
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1346 In-book : Book 15, Hadith 26 English translation : Vol. 3, Book 13, Hadith 1346
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