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Sahih al-Bukhari 2726 (Book 54, Hadith 14) #2606
The Wala of a Slave

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) taught that the Wala of a slave should go to the one who liberates them, even if their masters had stipulated otherwise.

Narrated Aiman Al-Makki: When I visited Aisha she said, "Barirah who had a written contract for her emancipation for a certain amount came to me and said, "O mother of the believers! Buy me and manumit me, as my masters will sell me". Aisha agreed to it. Barirah said, 'My masters will sell me on the condition that my Wala will go to them". Aisha said to her, 'Then I am not in need of you'. The Prophet ﷺ heard of that or was told about it and so he asked Aisha, 'What is the problem of Barirah?' He said, 'Buy her and manumit her, no matter what they stipulate'. Aisha added, 'I bought and manumitted her, though her masters had stipulated that her Wala would be for them'. The Prophet ﷺ said, The Wala is for the liberator, even if the other stipulated a hundred conditions".
حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ أَيْمَنَ الْمَكِّيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ دَخَلَتْ عَلَىَّ بَرِيرَةُ وَهْىَ مُكَاتَبَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اشْتَرِينِي فَإِنَّ أَهْلِي يَبِيعُونِي فَأَعْتِقِينِي قَالَتْ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَتْ إِنَّ أَهْلِي لاَ يَبِيعُونِي حَتَّى يَشْتَرِطُوا وَلاَئِي‏.‏ قَالَتْ لاَ حَاجَةَ لِي فِيكِ‏.‏ فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَوْ بَلَغَهُ، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا شَأْنُ بَرِيرَةَ فَقَالَ اشْتَرِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا وَلْيَشْتَرِطُوا مَا شَاءُوا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا فَأَعْتَقْتُهَا، وَاشْتَرَطَ أَهْلُهَا وَلاَءَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ‏"‏ الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ، وَإِنِ اشْتَرَطُوا مِائَةَ شَرْطٍ
TOPICS
liberation  *  slave  *  wala

QUICK LESSONS:
Freeing slaves properly according to Islamic teachings
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of freeing slaves and how it should be done. It was narrated by Aiman Al-Makki, who visited Aisha and heard her story about Barirah. Barirah was a slave with a written contract for her emancipation for a certain amount, but her masters wanted her Wala to go to them after she was freed. However, when the Prophet (ﷺ) heard this he said that no matter what conditions were stipulated, the Wala should always go to the one who liberated them. This teaches us that freeing slaves is an important act in Islam and it must be done properly so that they can have their freedom without any strings attached.

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