It is narrated from Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I freed a slave girl of mine. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, and I informed him (peace and blessings be upon him) that I had freed her. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Listen! Had you given this slave girl to your maternal relatives (your maternal uncles' family), it would have been greater for your reward." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), the slave of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) (Sa'd was his slave, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was very pleased with his service); the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Bakr! Free Sa'd." He said: O Messenger of Allah! We have no servant other than him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Men (other servants) have come to you, men have come to you." This hadith has a sahih chain of transmission, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.