[Machine] I heard the mother of the believers, Aisha, say, "Indeed, Barirah used to have relationships with some of the Ansar, so I wanted to buy her and free her. I commanded her to go to them and inform them that I wanted to buy her and then free her. They said, 'If you give us her loyalty, we will sell her to you.' So, I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, 'Buy her and then free her because loyalty belongs to the one who frees.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then entered upon me while the pot was boiling with meat, and he asked me, 'Where did you get this?' I said, 'Barirah gifted it to us, and I believe in it as a truth upon her.' He said, 'This is charity for Barirah, and we have a gift.' She (Aisha) said, 'And she was under someone's custody, but when he freed her, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, 'You have the choice. If you wish to stay under this man, you may, and if you wish to part from him, you may.'"  

سَمِعْتُ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ إِنَّ بَرِيرَةَ كَانَتْ مُكَاتِبَةً لِأُنَاسٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَبْتَاعَهَا فَأَمَرْتُهَا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ فَتُخْبِرَهُمْ أَنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَبْتَاعَهَا فَأُعْتِقَهَا فَقَالُوا إِنْ جَعَلْتِ لَنَا وَلَاءَهَا ابْتَعْنَاهَا مِنْهَا فَاسْتَفْتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ وَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمِرْجَلُ يَفُورُ بِلَحْمٍ فَقَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكِ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ أَهْدَتْهُ لَنَا بَرِيرَةُ وَتُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ هَذَا لبَرِيرَةَ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ قَالَتْ وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ فَلَمَّا أَعْتَقَهَا قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اخْتَارِي فَإِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ تَمْكُثِي تَحْتَ هَذَا الْعَبْدِ وَإِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ تُفَارِقِيهِ