A man freed six slaves at the time of his death and had no other property besides them. When this reached the Prophet ﷺ, he drew lots among them, freed two, and kept four in slavery.
حدثنا مسدد حدثنا حماد بن زيد عن يحيى بن عتيق وأيوب عن محمد بن سيرين
أن رجلا أعتق ستة أعبد عند موته ولم يكن له مال غيرهم فبلغ ذلك النبي ﷺ فأقرع بينهم فأعتق اثنين وأرق أربعة
[Its chain of transmission is sahih] Nasai narrated it in Al-Kubra, 4977, from the hadith of Hammad bin Zayd, and Muslim, 1668, from the hadith of Muhammad bin Sirin, through this same route.