حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَی مَالِکٍ وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ قَالَ مَالِکٌ عَرَضَ عَلَيَّ نَافِعٌ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تَعْتِقُهَا فَقَالَ أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُکِهَا عَلَی أَنَّ وَلَائَهَا لَنَا فَذَکَرَتْ عَائِشَةُ ذَاکَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَا يَمْنَعُکِ ذَلِکَ فَإِنَّ الْوَلَائَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2915
Narrated Ibn Umar: 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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020