Hadith 790:52
Hushaym narrated to us, Mansur informed us, from al-Hasan, from ‘Imran ibn Husayn, that a man from the Ansar emancipated six slaves of his at the time of his death, and he had no wealth other than them. This reached the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and he said: "I had intended not to pray over him." He said: "Then he called for the slaves, and he divided them into three parts, and he emancipated two, and kept four in servitude."
حدثنا هشيم، أخبرنا منصور، عن الحسن، عن عمران بن حصين، أن رجلا من الأنصار أعتق ستة مملوكين له عند موته، وليس له مال غيرهم، فبلغ ذلك النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: " لقد هممت أن لا أصلي عليه ". قال: " ثم دعا بالرقيق، فجزأهم ثلاثة أجزاء، فأعتق اثنين، وأرق أربعة "