Muwatta Malik #1574
Setting Free and Wala'
Malik related to me that he had heard that al-Maqburi said that
Abu Hurayra was asked whether a man who had to free a slave, could
free an illegitimate child to fulfil that obligation. Abu Hurayra
said, "Yes. That will give satisfaction for him."
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This hadith is #1574 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Setting Free and Wala'. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.