Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ أنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ الْعَاصَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ السَّهْمِيَّ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُعْتَقَ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ فَأَعْتَقَ ابْنُهُ هِشَامٌ خَمْسِينَ رَقَبَةً وَأَرَادَ ابْنُهُ عَمْرٌو أَنْ يُعْتِقَ عَنْهُ الْخَمْسِينَ الْبَاقِيَةَ قَالَ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي أَوْصَى أَنْ يُعْتَقَ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ رَقَبَةٍ وَإِنَّ هِشَامًا أَعْتَقَ عَنْهُ خَمْسِينَ وَبَقِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ خَمْسُونَ أَفَأُعْتِقُ عَنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَأَعْتَقْتُمْ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ حَجَجْتُمْ عَنْهُ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ
English Translation
Amr ibn Shu'ayb narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that al-'As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi bequeathed that one hundred slaves be freed on his behalf. His son Hisham freed fifty slaves. His son 'Amr wanted to free the remaining fifty. He said: 'Let me ask the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).' He came to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my father bequeathed that one hundred slaves be freed on his behalf. Hisham freed fifty, and fifty remain. Shall I free them on his behalf?' The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'If he had been a Muslim, and you freed slaves, or gave charity, or performed Hajj on his behalf, it would have reached him.'