ذِكْرُ جَوَازِ قَبُولِ الْمَرْءِ الَّذِي لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَخْذُ الصَّدَقَةِ الْهَدِيَّةِ مِمَّنْ تُصُدِّقَ عَلَيْهِ بِتِلْكَ الْهَدِيَّةِ

Narrated 'Aishah (ra) that Barira came to seek her help writing of emancipation and she had to pay five Uqiya (of gold) by five yearly installments. 'Aishah said to her, "Do you think that if I pay the whole sum at once, your masters will sell you to me, and I will free you and your Wala' will be for me." Barira went to her masters and told them about that offer. They said that they would not agree to it unless her Wala' would be for them. 'Aishah further said, "I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about it." Allah Messenger ﷺ said to her, "Buy Barira and manumit her and the Wala' will be for the liberator." Messenger of Allah ﷺ then got up and said, "What about those people who stipulate conditions that are not present in Allah's Laws? If anybody stipulates a condition which is not in Allah's Laws, then what he stipulates is invalid. Allah's Condition (Laws) are the truth and are more solid."

عَائِشَةُ ؓ إِنَّ بَرِيرَةَ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهَا تَسْتَعِينُهَا فِي كِتَابَتِهَا وَعَلَيْهَا خَمْسَةُ أَوَاقٍ نُجِّمَتْ عَلَيْهَا فِي خَمْسِ سِنِينَ فَقَالَتْ لَهَا عَائِشَةُ وَنَفِسَتْ فِيهَا أَرَأَيْتِ إِنْ عَدَدْتُ لَهُمْ عَدَّةً وَاحِدَةً أَيَبِيعُكِ أَهْلُكِ فَأُعْتِقَكِ فَيَكُونَ وَلاَؤُكِ لِي فَذَهَبَتْ بَرِيرَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فَعَرَضَتْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا لاَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَنَا الْوَلاَءُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَشْتَرِطُونَ شُرُوطًا لَيْسَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مَنِ اشْتَرَطَ شَرْطًا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَهْوَ بَاطِلٌ شَرْطُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ وَأَوْثَقُ

[AI] 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

[AI] "Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , told him that Barira had come to seek assistance from her in writing a document. Aisha said to her, 'What if I make a condition that if I count for your family, who are entrusted to me, as only one person, will you then free yourself and become independent?'. Barira went to her family and presented this to them, and they responded, 'Unless you remain loyal to us'. Aisha then informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this, and he said, 'Buy her and set her free, for loyalty belongs to the one who frees the slave'. Later that evening, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and said, 'What is the matter with people who impose conditions that are not in the Book of Allah? Know that whoever imposes a condition that is not in the Book of Allah, it has no validity. Even if such a condition is repeated a hundred times, the condition of Allah is more valid and reliable'."

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهَا تَسْتَعِينُهَا فِي كِتَابَتِهَا فَقَالَتْ لَهَا عَائِشَةُ وَنَفِسَتْ فِيهَا أَرَأَيْتِ إِنْ عَدَّيْتُ لِأَهْلِكِ الَّذِي عَلَيْكِ عَدَّةً وَاحِدَةً أَيَفْعَلُنَّ ذَلِكَ وَأُعْتِقُكِ فَتَكُونِي مَوْلَاتِي؟ فَذَهَبَتْ بَرِيرَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فَعَرَضَتْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ وَلَاؤُكَ لَنَا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اشْتَرِي فَأَعْتِقِي فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَشِيَّةً فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَشْتَرِطُونَ شُرُوطًا لَيْسَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ أَلَا مَنْ اشْتَرَطَ شَرْطًا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ وَإِنْ اشْتَرَطَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ شَرْطُ اللهِ أَحَقُّ وَأَوْثَقُ

[AI] Aisha bought Barirah from the Ansar in order to free her, and they stipulated that they would retain their loyalty to her. She agreed to that condition, and when the Prophet ﷺ came, she informed him. He said, "Loyalty belongs to the one who sets free." Then he went up the pulpit and said, "What is the matter with people who impose conditions which are not mentioned in the Book of Allah? Every condition that is not found in the Book of Allah is invalid. What a bad thing they insist upon!" Barirah had a husband and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her the choice; if she wanted she could stay with her husband, and if she wanted she could separate from him, so she chose to separate from him. Later, the Prophet ﷺ entered and saw a goat and said to Aisha, "Why don't you cook this meat for us?" She said that she wanted to give it as charity for Barirah, so she gifted it to us. He said, "Cook it, for it is a charity for her and a gift to us."

اشْتَرَتْ عَائِشَةُ بَرِيرَةَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لِتُعْتِقَهَا وَاشْتَرَطُوا عَلَيْهَا وَلَاءَهَا فَشَرَطَتْ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ» ثُمَّ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَشْتَرِطُونَ شُرُوطًا لَيْسَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا كَانَ شَرْطًا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَمَرْدُودٌ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ» وَكَانَ لِبَرِيرَةَ زَوْجٌ فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ شَاءَتْ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ مَعَ زَوْجِهَا كَمَا هِيَ وَإِنْ شَاءَتْ فَارَقَتْهُ فَفَارَقَتْهُ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرَأَى رِجْلَ شَاةٍ فَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ «أَلَا تَطْبُخِي لَنَا هَذَا اللَّحْمَ؟» قَالَتْ تُصِدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ فَأَهْدَتْهُ لَنَا قَالَ «اطْبُخُوهُ فَهُوَ لَهَا صَدَقَةٌ وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ»

[AI] He used to give charity with meat for three years, so I presented it to Aisha and she kept it until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered. Then he said, "What is this meat?" She said, "It is meat that I give as charity to the poor." He said, "It is charity for Barira and a gift for us." She said, "And I have written on nine papers." Aisha said, "If you want, I will count it for them as one." I said, "They do not say anything unless they stipulate loyalty." So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Stipulate and stipulate, for loyalty belongs to those who free slaves." She said, "So I was freed and I had the choice."

كَانَتْ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنَ السَّنَةِ تُصُدِّقَ عَلِيَّ بِلَحْمٍ فَأَهْدَيْتُهُ لِعَائِشَةَ فَأَبْقَتْهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا اللَّحْمُ؟ قَالَتْ لَحْمٌ تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ فَأَهْدَتْهُ لَنَا فَقَالَ هُوَ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ قَالَتْ وكاتَبْتُ عَلَى تِسْعَةِ أوراقٍ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِنْ شاءُوا عَدَدْتُ لَهُمْ عِدَّةً وَاحِدَةً قُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشْتَرِطَ لَهُمُ الْوَلَاءَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اشْتَرِطِي وَاشْتَرِطِي فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ» قَالَتْ وَأُعْتِقْتُ فَكَانَ لِيَ الْخِيَارُ

[AI] She said, "Three years ago, people used to give me meat as charity and I would give it to Aisha. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered and said, 'What is this meat?' She said, 'It is meat that people give me as charity for Barirah (a freed slave woman). She gifted it to us.' He said, 'It is charity for Barirah and a gift for us.' Aisha wrote down on nine slips and said, 'If you wish, I will count it as one payment for them.' She said, 'They (the people) will not agree unless you stipulate loyalty for them.' So I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and he said, 'Buy it and stipulate loyalty for them. Verily, loyalty belongs to the one who sets free.' She said, 'He set me free and I had the choice.'"

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مِنَ السَّنَةِ تُصُدِّقَ عَلَيَّ بِلَحْمٍ فَأَهْدَيْتُهُ لِعَائِشَةَ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا اللَّحْمُ؟» فَقَالَتْ لَحْمٌ تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ فَأَهْدَتْهُ لَنَا فَقَالَ «هُوَ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ صَدَقَةٌ وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ» وَكَاتَبَتْ عَلَى تِسْعِ أَوَاقٍ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِنْ شَاءَ مَوَالِيكِ عَدَدْتُ لَهُمْ ثَمَنَكِ عَدَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَشْتَرِطِي لَهُمُ الْوَلَاءَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اشْتَرِيهَا وَاشْتَرِطِي لَهُمْ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ» قَالَتْ وَأَعْتَقَنِي فَكَانَ لِيَ الْخِيَارُ