Hadith 15

Sahih Muslim

Book 20: The Book of Emancipating Slaves

Chapter 3

Al-Wala' (Right of inheritance) belongs to the one who manumits the slave

باب إِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ

Sahih Muslim 1504i
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ النَّوْفَلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.