أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْحَکَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بَرِيرَةَ فَاشْتَرَطُوا وَلَائَهَا فَذَکَرَتْ ذَلِکَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِيهَا وَأَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّ الْوَلَائَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ وَأُتِيَ بِلَحْمٍ فَقِيلَ إِنَّ هَذَا مِمَّا تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَی بَرِيرَةَ فَقَالَ هُوَ لَهَا صَدَقَةٌ وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ وَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَکَانَ زَوْجُهَا حُرًّا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3483
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “Three judgments were established because of Bafirah. Her masters wanted to sell her but they stipulated that Al-Wala, should still be to them. I mentioned that to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , and he said: ‘Buy her and set her free, for Al-Wala, is to the one who sets the slave free.’ She was set free and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم gave her the choice, and she chose herself. And she used to be given charity and she would give some of it as a gift to us. I mentioned that to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and he said: ‘Eat it for it is charity for her and a gift for us.”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020