GIVE TO YOUR MATERNAL UNCLES H H 324 "Lady Maimunah, may Allah be pleased with her, freed a bonded servant without asking the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, When if was time for him to visit her she said: 'O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, do you know that I have freed my bonded servant?" He asked: 'Indeed?' She replied: 'Yes.' Then he told her: 'Had you given her to your maternal uncles it would have been better still.'" R 324 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Lady Maimunah wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, Mother of Believers, the daughter of Harith related this.
324- وعن أم المؤمنين ميمونة بنتِ الحارث رضي الله عنها : أنَّهَا أعْتَقَتْ وَليدَةً وَلَمْ تَستَأذِنِ النَّبيَّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُهَا الَّذِي يَدُورُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ ، قَالَتْ : أشَعَرْتَ يَا رَسُول الله ، أنِّي أعتَقْتُ وَليدَتِي ؟ قَالَ : "أَوَ فَعَلْتِ ؟" قَالَتْ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : "أما إنَّكِ لَوْ أعْطَيْتِهَا أخْوَالَكِ كَانَ أعْظَمَ لأجْرِكِ" مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ .