Volume 3, Book 46, Number 707:
Narrated Qais:
When Abu Huraira accompanied by his slave set out intending to embrace Islam they lost each
other on the way. The slave then came while Abu Huraira was sitting with the Prophet. The Prophet
said, “O Abu Huraira! Your slave has come back.” Abu Huraira said, “Indeed, I would like you to wit –
ness that I have manumitted him.” That happened at the time when Abu Huraira recited (the follow –
ing poetic verse):– ‘What a long tedious tiresome night! Nevertheless, it has delivered us From the
land of Kufr (disbelief).
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