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nasai-kubra:6368Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān al-Marwazī > Wakīʿ > Sufyān / al-Thawrī > 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). (Using translation from Bukhārī 6760)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٣٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ يَعْنِي الثَّوْرِيَّ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الْوَرِقَ وَوَلِيَ النِّعْمَةَ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Suyūṭī
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  

abudawud:2916ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The right of inheritance belongs to only to the one who paid the price (of the slave) and patronised him by doing an act of gratitude.  

أبو داود:٢٩١٦حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الثَّمَنَ وَوَلِيَ النِّعْمَةَ  

tirmidhi:2125Bundār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah > Arādat > Tashtarī Barīrah Fāshtaraṭūā al-Walāʾ

"The Wala' is for the one who gives the price, or for the one who grants the favor."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar and Abu Hurairah. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih, and this is acted upon according to the people of knowledge.
الترمذي:٢١٢٥حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ فَاشْتَرَطُوا الْوَلاَءَ فَقَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الثَّمَنَ أَوْ لِمَنْ وَلِيَ النِّعْمَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ