Reading. He said, I asked Ata about a slave whom I hire out for one year in exchange for his food, and for another year for such-and-such.Ata replied, "There is no harm in that, and your stipulation is sufficient at the time you hire him out for a number of days, or if you hired him out when part of the year had already passed."He said, "You will not hold me to account for what has already passed."
أخبرنا محمد بن حاتم قال أنبأنا حبان قال أنبأنا عبد الله
قراءة قال قلت لعطاء عبد أؤاجره سنة بطعامه وسنة أخرى بكذا وكذا قال لا بأس به ويجزئه اشتراطك حين تؤاجره أياما أو آجرته وقد مضى بعض السنة قال إنك لا تحاسبني لما مضى
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Sourcing, its isnad is sahih. Nasai alone narrated it.