and with the Companion omitted from the chain. Imām Ahmad and Ibn Khuzaymah also narrated it through Ma'mar, from al-Zuhrī, from Abd Allāh ibn Abd Allāh, from a man of the Ansār who brought a black slave woman and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I am obliged to free a believing slave. If you consider this woman a believer, I shall free her.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked her, “Do you testify that there is no god but Allah?” She replied, “Yes.” He asked, “Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?” She replied, “Yes.” He asked, “Do you believe in resurrection after death?” She replied, “Yes.” He said, “Set her free.”

Mālik narrated it from Ibn Shihāb, from Ubayd Allāh, directly from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with the Companion omitted from the chain.

Khuzaymah said, “I do not deny that Ma'mar’s report may be established and authentic. Nor do I deny that someone like Ubayd Allāh ibn Abd Allāh might narrate a report from Abū Hurayrah, from a man of the Ansār, if the report had a text