Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ أَعْتَقْتُ جَارِيَةً لِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِعِتْقِهَا فَقَالَ آجَرَكِ اللَّهُ أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ كُنْتِ أَعْطَيْتِهَا أَخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِأَجْرِكِ.
English Translation
Ya'la told us: Muhammad - meaning Ibn Ishaq - told us, from Bukayr bin 'Abdullah bin al-Ashajj, from Sulayman bin Yasar, from Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "I freed a slave-girl of mine. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, came in to me, and I told him of her manumission. He said: 'May Allah reward you. Had you given her to your maternal relatives, it would have been greater in reward for you.'"