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ahmad:24053ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Barīrah Atathā Tastaʿīnuhā And Kānat Mukātabah

[Machine] Aisha said, "Would you sell your family?" So she went to her family and mentioned it to them. They said, "Not unless you stipulate that we have her freedom." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Buy her and set her free, for loyalty belongs to the one who sets someone free."  

أحمد:٢٤٠٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ أَتَتْهَا تَسْتَعِينُهَا وَكَانَتْ مُكَاتَبَةً فَقَالَتْ

لَهَا عَائِشَةُ أَيَبِيعُكِ أَهْلُكِ؟ فَأَتَتْ أَهْلَهَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ فَقَالُوا لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَشْتَرِطَ لَنَا وَلَاءَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Suyūṭī
muslim:1505Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Khālid b. Makhlad > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah > Arādat ʿĀʾishah > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Tuʿtiquhā Faʾabá Ahluhā Ilā

'A'isha (Allah be pleated with her) thought of buying a slave-girl and emancipating her, but her owners refused to (sell her but on the condition) that the right of inheritance would vest in them. She made a mention of that to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. whereupon he said: Let this (condition) not stand in your way for the right of inheritance vests with one who emancipates.  

مسلم:١٥٠٥وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَرَادَتْ عَائِشَةُ

أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تُعْتِقُهَا فَأَبَى أَهْلُهَا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْوَلاَءُ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكِ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

nasai:4643Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah > Arādat

she wanted to buy Barirah to set her free, but they stipulated that her loyalty (should be to them. She mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah and the Messenger of Allah said: "Buy her, and wet her free and loyalty (Wala) belongs to the one who sets the slave free." Some meat was brought to the Messenger of and it was said that this had been given in charity to Bariirah. He said: "It is charity for her, and a gift for us." And she was given the choice  

النسائي:٤٦٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ

أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ لِلْعِتْقِ وَأَنَّهُمُ اشْتَرَطُوا وَلاَءَهَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّ الْوَلاَءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ وَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلَحْمٍ فَقِيلَ هَذَا تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ فَقَالَ هُوَ لَهَا صَدَقَةٌ وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ وَخُيِّرَتْ  

abudawud:2915Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Quriʾ > Mālik > Ḥāḍir > Mālik ʿAraḍ ʿAla Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Taʿtiquhā > Ahluhā Nabīʿukihā

'Aishah, mother of believers (ra), intended to buy a slave-girl to set her free. Her people said: We shall sell her to you on one condition that we shall inherit from her. 'Aishah mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: That should not prevent you, for the right of inheritance belongs to the one who has set a person free.  

أبو داود:٢٩١٥حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ قَالَ مَالِكٌ عَرَضَ عَلَىَّ نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تَعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى أَنَّ وَلاَءَهَا لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ عَائِشَةُ ذَاكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الْوَلاَءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

ahmad:4855Yazīd > Hammām > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī Barīrah Faʾabá Ahluhā > Yabīʿūhā Illā > Yakūn Lahum And Lāʾuhā Fadhakarat Dhalik ʿĀʾishah Lilnnabī ﷺ

[Machine] "To have ownership of her, Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Buy her and set her free, for loyalty belongs to those who pay the price.'"  

أحمد:٤٨٥٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ فَأَبَى أَهْلُهَا أَنْ يَبِيعُوهَا إِلَّا

أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ وَلَاؤُهَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الثَّمَنَ  

darimi:2335Sahl b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah > Arādat > Tashtarī Barīrah Faʾarād Mawālīhā

she wanted to buy Barirah and set her free, but they stipulated that her loyally as a freed slave (wala') should be to them. She mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah and he said: "Buy her and set her fee, and loyally is due to the one who frees the slave." She was given the choice when she was freed. Some meat was brought to the Messenger of Allah and it was said: "This is something that is given in charity to Barirah." He said: "It is charity for her and gift for us." And her husband was a free man. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2614)   

الدارمي:٢٣٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ فَأَرَادَ مَوَالِيهَا

أَنْ يَشْتَرِطُوا وَلَاءَهَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اشْتَرِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ» فَاشْتَرَتْهَا فَأَعْتَقَتْهَا وَخَيَّرَهَا مِنْ زَوْجِهَا وَكَانَ حُرًّا وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَحْمٍ فَقَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا؟ قِيلَ تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ فَقَالَ «هُوَ لَهَا صَدَقَةٌ وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ»  

suyuti:673-155bYabīʿūhā And Yashtariṭūā al-Walāʾ Fadhakart Dhalik Lilnnabī ﷺ
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السيوطي:٦٧٣-١٥٥b

"أَرَادَ أَهْلُ بَريرَةَ أَنْ يَبِيعُوهَا وَيَشْتَرِطُوا الوَلَاءَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اشْتَرِيهَا وَأَعْتِقِيهَا، فَإِنَّمَا الوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة