A man from Banu Udhrah freed a slave of his by tadbir, meaning the slave would become free upon his master's death. News of this reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who asked him, "Do you have any wealth besides him?"The man replied, "No."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Who will buy him from me?"Naeem bin Abdullah al-Adawi bought him for eight hundred dirhams, which he brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ handed the money to the man and said, "Begin with yourself and spend on it. If anything is left over, give it to your family. If anything remains after your family, give it to your relatives. If anything remains after your relatives, then give it like this, and like this," gesturing in front of him, to his right, and to his left.
أعتق رجل من بني عذرة عبدا له عن دبر، فبلغ ذلك رسول الله ﷺ فقال: ألك مال غيره؟ فقال: لا. فقال: من يشتريه مني؟ فاشتراه نعيم بن عبد الله العدوي بثمان مائة درهم، فجاء بها رسول الله ﷺ، فدفعها إليه ثم قال: ابدأ بنفسك فتصدق عليها، فإن فضل شيء فلأهلك، فإن فضل عن أهلك شيء، فلذي قرابتك، فإن فضل عن ذي قرابتك شيء فهكذا وهكذا- يقول: فبين يديك وعن يمينك وعن شمالك.
Muslim (997) narrated it via Layth, from Abu Zubayr, from Jabir bin Abdullah, and he related it. In another version, from Ayub, from Abu Zubayr, "He freed a slave of his through a dabir arrangement, called Yaqub." Layth is among those who reported from Abu Zubayr what he had heard directly from Jabir. Ayub followed him in narrating from Abu Zubayr, from Jabir, that a man from the Ansar, called Abu Mazkur, freed a slave of his through a dabir arrangement, called Yaqub, and he related the hadith with the same meaning as Layth's hadith.Muslim narrated it via Ismail bin Ulaya, from Ayub. Ibn Khuzayma (2445, 2452) also narrated it through this same route and related its wording, which included, "If one of you is poor, let him begin with himself. If there is surplus, then for his family. If there is surplus, then for his relatives or those bound to him by kinship. If there is surplus, then here and there."Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Rulings (7186), and in other places through other routes, from Jabir, in similar form but abridged.