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suyuti:673-155bYabīʿūhā And Yashtariṭūā al-Walāʾ Fadhakart Dhalik Lilnnabī ﷺ
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"أَرَادَ أَهْلُ بَريرَةَ أَنْ يَبِيعُوهَا وَيَشْتَرِطُوا الوَلَاءَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اشْتَرِيهَا وَأَعْتِقِيهَا، فَإِنَّمَا الوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:6717Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah > Arādat

that she intended to buy Barira (a slave girl) and her masters stipulated that they would have her Wala'. When ʿAisha mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ ; he said, "Buy her, for the Wala' is for the one who manumits."  

البخاري:٦٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ

أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ فَاشْتَرَطُوا عَلَيْهَا الْوَلاَءَ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِيهَا إِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

muslim:1505Abū 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:١٥٠٥وَحَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:4855Yazīd > 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:٤٨٥٥حَدَّثَنَا 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:24150Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Bareerah's husband was a free man. When she was freed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her the choice to either stay with him or leave. She chose herself and said that her family wanted to sell her and demand loyalty. She mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ , and he said to buy her and free her, as loyalty belongs to the one who sets free.  

أحمد:٢٤١٥٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ حُرًّا فَلَمَّا أُعْتِقَتْ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً عَتَقَتْ خَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا قَالَتْ وَأَرَادَ أَهْلُهَا أَنْ يَبِيعُوهَا وَيَشْتَرِطُوا الْوَلَاءَ قَالَتْ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَلِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَالْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ  

ahmad:24053ʿAbd 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:٢٤٠٥٣حَدَّثَنَا 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:6367Muḥammad 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:٦٣٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا 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:6369Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"I bought Barirah and her masters stipulated that her loyalty (Wala) should be to them, I mentioned that to the Prophet and he said: 'Set her free, and loyalty belongs to the one who pays the silver.''' She said: "so I set her free. The Messenger of Allah called her and gave her the choice regarding her husband, and she chose herself. Her husband was a free man." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4642)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٣٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

اشْتَرَيْتُ بَرِيرَةَ فَاشْتَرَطَ أَهْلُهَا وَلَاءَهَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الْوَرِقَ» قَالَتْ فَعَتَقْتُهَا  

nasai-kubra:6372Muḥammad b. Bashhār Bundār > Muḥammad / Ibn Jaʿfar Ghundar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah > Arādat

[Machine] To buy a female slave for the purpose of setting her free, and they stipulated her loyalty. So she mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Buy her and set her free, for loyalty belongs to the one who sets free."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٣٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ بُنْدَارٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرًا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ

أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ لِلْعِتْقِ وَأَنَّهُمُ اشْتَرَطُوا وَلَاءَهَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ»