حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ جَائَتْ بَرِيرَةُ لِتَسْتَعِينَ فِي کِتَابَتِهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي کَاتَبْتُ أَهْلِي عَلَی تِسْعِ أَوَاقٍ فِي کُلِّ عَامٍ أُوقِيَّةٌ فَأَعِينِينِي فَقَالَتْ إِنْ أَحَبَّ أَهْلُکِ أَنْ أَعُدَّهَا عَدَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَعْتِقَکِ وَيَکُونَ وَلَاؤُکِ لِي فَعَلْتُ فَذَهَبَتْ إِلَی أَهْلِهَا وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ نَحْوَ الزُّهْرِيِّ زَادَ فِي کَلَامِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي آخِرِهِ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَعْتِقْ يَا فُلَانُ وَالْوَلَائُ لِي إِنَّمَا الْوَلَائُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3930
Aishah said: Barirah came seeking my help to purchase her freedom. She said: I have arranged with my people to buy my freedom for nine 'uqiyahs: one to be paid annually. So help me. She (Aishah) said: If your people are willing that I should count them ('uqiyahs) out to them all at one time and set you free and that I shall have the right to inherit from you, I shall do so. She then went to her people. The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition like the version of al-Zuhri. He added to the wordings of the Prophet ﷺ in the last: What is the matter with people that one of you says: Set free, O so-and-so, and the right of inheritance belongs to me. The right of inheritance belongs to the one who has set a person free.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020