It is narrated from the wife of the Prophet, Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I freed one of my slave girls. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me and I informed him about her emancipation, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah grant you reward, but if you had given this slave girl to your maternal uncles, this act would have been a cause of much greater reward for you.