The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 809 (#Ḥadīth #5)

5- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ اللَّقِيطِ فَقَالَ حُرٌّ لا يُبَاعُ وَلا يُوهَبُ.

5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far , about the case of a discarded child. He (the Imam) said, ‘He is free but cannot be sold or given away as a gift.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).