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ahmad:25533Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Regarding the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Allegiance belongs to the one who gives freedom to a slave and provides for him, and to the one who is granted a blessing, and her husband is a free man, then she is given a choice."  

أحمد:٢٥٥٣٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الْوَرِقَ وَأَعْتَقَ وَوَلِيِّ النِّعْمَةِ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا حُرًّا فَخُيِّرَتْ  


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bukhari:6760Ibn Salām > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The wala is for the one who gives the silver (pays the price) and does the favor (of manumission after paying the price).  

البخاري:٦٧٦٠حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الْوَرِقَ وَوَلِيَ النِّعْمَةَ