Muwatta Malik #1579
Setting Free and Wala'
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ عَنِ الرِّقَابِ أَيُّهَا أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أَغْلاَهَا ثَمَنًا وَأَنْفَسُهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا " .
Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from
A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, was asked what was the most excellent kind of slave to free.
The Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace,
answered, "The most expensive and the most valuable to his master."
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This hadith is #1579 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Setting Free and Wala'.