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bayhaqi:21451 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Simāk > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿĀʾishah > Āshtarat Barīrah from Unās from al-Anṣār Wāshtaraṭūā al-Walāʾ

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The allegiance is for the one who possesses the blessing."  

البيهقي:٢١٤٥١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا اشْتَرَتْ بَرِيرَةَ مِنْ أُنَاسٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَاشْتَرَطُوا الْوَلَاءَ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ وَلِيَ النِّعْمَةَ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ زَائِدَةَ

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bayhaqi:13768 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Simāk > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿĀʾishah > Āshtarat Barīrah from Unās from al-Anṣār Wāshtaraṭūā al-Walāʾ > Rasūl Allāh Ṣllá

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Loyalty is to be given to the one who granted the favor." She said, and the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , chose her and her husband was a servant.  

البيهقي:١٣٧٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا اشْتَرَتْ بَرِيرَةَ مِنْ أُنَاسٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَاشْتَرَطُوا الْوَلَاءَ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ وَلِيَ النِّعْمَةَ قَالَتْ وَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ زَائِدَةَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ