وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ
النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ»
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:, “The freedman* of a people is one of them.” * Maula. This word may mean either the one who emancipates or the one who has been emancipated, and therefore the tradition has received two different interpretations according to the meaning of maula.
Mishkat al-Masabih 2922, Book 13, Inheritance and Wills, Hadith 4. 1 min read