“He prohibited the sale of one animal for another on a deferred basis.” It is authentic and is cited in al-Mishkat (2822). I say: Its corroboration is only by way of what it implies, just as the hadith under the heading corroborates the explicit purport of this report by what it implies.

2417 — “An umm walad must not be sold.”

Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (1/208/1–2), through Ibn Lahi'ah, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Ja'far, from Ya'qub ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Ashajj, from Busr ibn Sa'id, from Khawwat ibn Jubayr, who said: “A man died and appointed me as his executor. Among those entrusted to me were his umm walad and a free woman. A dispute arose between the umm walad and the woman, so the woman said to her: ‘You wretch! Tomorrow you will be taken by the ear and sold in the marketplace!’ I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah, and the Messenger of Allah said...” He then cited it.

Al-Bayhaqi also recorded it (10/345) through this route, adding: “He ordered that she be emancipated, and she was emancipated.” The narrators in this chain are trustworthy and are narrators of Muslim, apart from Ibn Lahi'ah, who is weak because of his poor retention.

He then narrated it through the route of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajjaj ibn Rushdayn: Yunus ibn Abd al-Rahim al-'Asqalani narrated to us; Rushdayn ibn Sa'd al-Mahri narrated to me; Talhah ibn Abi Sa'id narrated to us, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Ja'far, with similar wording. I say: This is a strong corroborating transmission for Ibn Lahi'ah, for Talhah ibn Abi Sa'id is trustworthy and one of al-Bukhari’s narrators, were it not for the fact that the one narrating from him, Rushdayn ibn Sa'd, is weak. As for his grandson Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajjaj, Ibn 'Adi said: