Muwatta Malik #1568
Setting Free and Wala'
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.
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1568 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Setting Free and Wala'. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.