It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a slave-girl came to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: My master accused me (of fornication) and made me sit on fire until my private part was burnt. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Did he see this act on your part? She said: No. He asked: Did you confess it to him? She said: No. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Bring him to me. When he saw the man, he said: Do you punish with the punishment of Allah (fire)?! He said: O Commander of the Believers! I had suspicions about her. He asked: Did you see her in this act? He said: No. He asked: Did she confess it? He said: No. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By the One in whose Hand is my soul! Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, "Retaliation is not taken from the owner for his slave, nor from a father for his child," I would certainly have taken retaliation from you for her. Then he took him aside and gave him a hundred lashes, and he said to the slave-girl: Go, you are free for the pleasure of Allah, and you are the freed woman of Allah and His Messenger. Imam al-Layth says that this saying is acted upon. This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ma'qil (may Allah be pleased with him) that some captives of the tribe of Khawlan were brought, while Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was obliged to free a slave from the descendants of Isma'il (peace be upon him). When captives came from Yemen, she intended to free one of them, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade her. Then when captives of the tribe of Mudar, probably Banu al-Anbar, came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to free one of them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ma'qil (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was obliged to free a person from the descendants of Isma'il (peace be upon him). Then captives of Banu al-Anbar were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Free one from Banu al-Anbar, or he said, from Banu Lihyan, and do not free one from Banu Khawlan." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.