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Malik related to me from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that a man
in the time of Aban ibn Uthman's amirate freed all of his slaves and
did not have other property than them. Aban ibn Uthman took charge of
the slaves and they were divided into three groups. Then he drew lots
on the basis that which ever group drew the dead man's arrow would be
free. The arrow fell to one of the thirds, and that third was freed.
Muwatta Malik Book 38, Hadith 5
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Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said and somebody else from
al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Basri and from Muhammad ibn Sirin that a
man in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, freed six of his slaves while he was dying. The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drew lots
between them and freed a third of those slaves.
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Malik related to me that he heard Ibn Shihab say, "The precedent
of the sunna is that when a slave is freed, his property follows him."