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muslim:1505 – Abū 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:١٥٠٥ – وَحَدَّثَنَا 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  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Mālik, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2169 – ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Fatuʿtiqahā > Ahluhā Nabīʿukihā

Aisha, (mother of the faithful believers) wanted to buy a slave girl and manumit her, but her masters said that they would sell her only on the condition that her Wala' would be for them. ʿAisha told Messenger of Allah ﷺ of that. He said, "What they stipulate should not hinder you from buying her, as the Wala' is for the manumitted."  

البخاري:٢١٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً فَتُعْتِقَهَا فَقَالَ

أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى أَنَّ وَلاَءَهَا لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

bukhari:6757 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Tuʿtiquhā > Ahluhā Nabīʿukihā

That Aisha, the mother of the Believers, intended to buy a slave girl in order to manumit her. The slave girl's master said, "We are ready to sell her to you on the condition that her Wala should be for us." Aisha mentioned that to Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "This (condition) should not prevent you from buying her, for the Wala is for the one who manumits (the slave)."  

البخاري:٦٧٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تُعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ

أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى أَنَّ وَلاَءَهَا لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكِ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

muslim:1504a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah > Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Tuʿtiquhā > Ahluhā Nabīʿukihā

We are prepared to sell her to you on the condition that her right of inheritance would vest with you. She (Hadrat A'isha) made a mention of that to Messenger of Allah ﷺ whereupon he said: This should not stand in your way. The right of inheritance vests in one who emancipates.  

مسلم:١٥٠٤a – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تُعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ

أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى أَنَّ وَلاَءَهَا لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

nasai:4644 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Taʿtiquhā > Ahluhā Nabīʿukihā

"We will sell her to you on condition that her loyalty (Walla) is to us," She mentioned that top the Messenger of Allah and he said: "That should not stop you. Loyalty belongs to the one who sets the slave free."  

النسائي:٤٦٤٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تَعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ

أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى أَنَّ الْوَلاَءَ لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الْوَلاَءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

abudawud:2915 – Qutaybah 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:٢٩١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

malik:38-19 – Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Tuʿtiquhā > Ahluhā Nabīʿukihā

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that A'isha umm al-muminin wanted to buy a slave-girl and set her free. Her people said, "We will sell her to you provided that her wala' is ours." She mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "Don't let that hinder you, for the wala' only belongs to the one who sets free."  

مالك:٣٨-١٩ – وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تُعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى

أَنَّ وَلاَءَهَا لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لاَ يَمْنَعَنَّكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

ahmad:5929 – Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Tuʿtiquhā > Ahluhā Nabīʿuk

"We will sell her to you on condition that her loyalty (Walla) is to us," She mentioned that top the Messenger of Allah and he said: "That should not stop you. Loyalty belongs to the one who sets the slave free." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4644)  

أحمد:٥٩٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تُعْتِقُهَا قَالَ

أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِ عَلَى أَنَّ وَلَاءَهَا لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا يَمْنَعْكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

ahmad:4855 – Yazīd > 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:٤٨٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:24053 – ʿAbd 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:٢٤٠٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

nasai-kubra:6367 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār Bundār > Muḥammad / Ghundar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah > Arādat > Tashtarī Barīrah Lilʿitq Faʾarād Mawālīhā

[Machine] "They stipulated her loyalty, so she mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, 'Buy her and set her free, for loyalty belongs to the one who emancipates.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٣٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ بُنْدَارٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي غُنْدَرًا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ لِلْعِتْقِ فَأَرَادَ مَوَالِيهَا

أَنْ يَشْتَرِطُوا وَلَاءَهَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ»  

nasai-kubra:6195 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿĀʾishah Arādat > Tashtarī a neighboriyah Tuʿtiquhā > Ahluhā Nabīʿukihā

Aisha, (mother of the faithful believers) wanted to buy a slave girl and manumit her, but her masters said that they would sell her only on the condition that her Wala' would be for them. ʿAisha told Messenger of Allah ﷺ of that. He said, "What they stipulate should not hinder you from buying her, as the Wala' is for the manumitted." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2169)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تُعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى

أَنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لَنَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ»  

bayhaqi:21466 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

'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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2915)   

البيهقي:٢١٤٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أنبأ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ وَلِيدَةً فَتُعْتِقَهَا فَقَالَ أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى أَنَّ وَلَاءَهَا لَنَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا يَمْنَعْكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ  

bayhaqi:21732 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq Imlāʾ > Mūsá b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > ʿAbdullāh 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 Illā

[Machine] They will have loyalty, so she mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , so he said to her, "Do not be prevented by that, for loyalty is only for those who have been freed."  

البيهقي:٢١٧٣٢ – مِنْهَا مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَرَادَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تُعْتِقُهَا فَأَبَى أَهْلُهَا إِلَّا أَنْ

يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْوَلَاءُ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا يَمْنَعْكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ
suyuti:422-134b – Tashtari Barīrah Faqālūā Tabtāʿīnahā > And Lāʾahā Lanā Fadhakarat Dhalik Lilnnabi ﷺ
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السيوطي:٤٢٢-١٣٤b –

"أَرَادَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَنْ تَشْتَرِىَ بَرِيرَةَ، فَقَالُوا: تَبْتَاعِينَها عَلَى أَنَّ وَلاَءَهَا لَنَا، فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : لاَ يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلك مِنْهَا فَإنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة
suyuti:673-155b – Yabīʿūhā 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