Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الله�� الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ حِبَّانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الدَّانَاجِ أَنَّ فُلَانًا الْحَنَفِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ فَقَامَ مُكَاتَبٌ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى ؓ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ سَائِلٍ رَأَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي إِنْسَانٌ مُثْقَلٌ مُكَاتَبٌ فَحَثَّ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهِ فَقُذِفَتْ إِلَيْهِ الثِّيَابُ وَالدَّرَاهِمُ حَتَّى قَالَ حَسْبِي فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَوَجَدَهُمْ قَدْ أَعْطَوْهُ مُكَاتَبَتَهُ وَفَضَلَ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَأَتَى أَبَا مُوسَى فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا فِي نَحْوِهِ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ قِصَّةً شَبِيهَةً بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ فَأَتَى عَلِيًّا ؓ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْفَضْلَةِ فَقَالَ اجْعَلْهَا فِي الْمُكَاتَبِينَ وَهِيَ مُخَرَّجَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ الْمُكَاتَبِ
English Translation
A mukatab stood before Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) on a Friday and said: "I am a burdened mukatab." Abu Musa urged the people to help him, and they threw garments and coins at him until he said: "Enough!" When he went home, he found that his family had already paid his contract and three hundred dirhams remained. Abu Musa told him to give the surplus to others in a similar situation. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also instructed that surplus from mukatab funds should go to other mukatabs.