‘Abd ar-Rahman b. Abu ‘Amra al-Ansari told that his mother had intended to emancipate a slave, but she postponed it till the morning, and she died. ‘Abd ar-Rahman said he asked al-Qasim b. Muhammad whether it would benefit her if he emancipated the slave on her behalf, and al-Qasim told him that Sa'd b. ‘Ubada had gone to Allah's Messenger ﷺ saying his mother had died and asking whether it would benefit her if he set free a slave on her behalf, and that Allah's Messenger ﷺ had replied that it would. Malik transmitted it.