Bādhām.
He transmitted a report from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—who said:
“Charity is not permissible for me nor for the members of my household, and the freedman of a people is counted as one of them.”
Al-Baghawī related this ḥadīth through Minjāb ibn al-Ḥārith and others, from Sharīk, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, from one of the daughters of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib—namely, Umm Kulthūm bint ʿAlī—who said: “A freedman of the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—called Ṭahmān (or Dhakwān) narrated to me, saying, ‘The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said …,’ and then he quoted the above words.”

Among them is also ʿUbayd, a freedman of the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him. Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī narrates—from Shuʿbah, from Sulaymān al-Taymī, from an unnamed shaykh, from ʿUbayd—that he said, “I asked, ‘Did the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—command any prayer besides the prescribed ones?’ He replied, ‘Yes: a prayer between Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ.’”
Abū al-Qāsim al-Baghawī remarks, “I know of no other ḥadīth related by him.” Ibn ʿAsākir responds, “That is not the case,” and then cites another chain from Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī: ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn Ḥammād—Ḥammād ibn Salamah—Sulaymān al-Taymī—from ʿUbayd, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He reported that two women were fasting while habitually backbiting people. The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—called for a bowl and said to them, “Vomit.” They vomited pus, blood, and fresh flesh. He then said, “These two refrained from what is lawful yet broke their fast on what is forbidden.”
Imām Aḥmad also recorded this account through Yazīd ibn Hārūn and Ibn Abī ʿAdī, both from Sulaymān al-Taymī, from a man who spoke in the gathering of Abū ʿUthmān, from ʿUbayd, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—and he cited the same story. Aḥmad likewise transmitted it through Ghundar, from ʿUthmān ibn Ghayyāth, who said, “I was with Abū ʿUthmān when a man said, ‘Sāʿid—or ʿUbayd (ʿUthmān was unsure)—the freedman of the Prophet ﷺ narrated to me …’ and he mentioned the incident.”

Among them is Fadālah, another freedman of the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him. Muḥammad ibn Saʿd states: al-Wāqidī informed us, saying: ʿUtbah ibn Jubayrah al-Ashhalī related: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz wrote to Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm requesting, “Investigate for me the male and female attendants of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his freedmen.” He wrote back: “Fadālah was one of his freedmen, a Yemeni who later settled in Syria. Abū Muwayhibah was among the mawālīd of Muzaynah, and the Prophet emancipated him.” Ibn ʿAsākir comments, “I have found no mention of Fadālah among the freedmen except through this chain.”

Among them is also Qafīz—spelled with a qāf at the beginning and a zāʾ at the end. Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibn Mandah reports: “Sahl ibn al-Sarrī informed us; Aḥmad ibn …” — and the chain continues.