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Aisha wanted to buy a slave-girl in order to manumit her. The girl's masters stipulated that her Wala'
would be for them. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to `Aisha), "What they stipulate should not stop you, for the
Wala' is for the liberator."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 50, Hadith 3
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That `Aisha told him that Barirah came to seek her help in her writing of emancipation (for a certain
sum) and that time she had not paid anything of it. `Aisha said to her, "Go back to your masters, and if
they agree that I will pay the amount of your writing of emancipation and get your Wala', I will do
so." Barirah informed her masters of that but they refused and said, "If she (i.e. `Aisha) is seeking
Allah's reward, then she can do so, but your Wala' will be for us." `Aisha mentioned that to Allah's
Apostle who said to her, "Buy and manumit (free) her, as the Wala' is for the liberator." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then
got up and said, "What about the people who stipulate conditions which are not present in Allah's
Laws? Whoever imposes conditions which are not present in Allah's Laws, then those conditions will
be invalid, even if he imposed these conditions a hundred times. Allah's conditions (Laws) are the
truth and are more solid."
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Barirah came (to `Aisha) and said, "I have made a contract of emancipation with my masters for nine
Uqiyas (of gold) to be paid in yearly installments. Therefore, I seek your help." `Aisha said, "If your
masters agree, I will pay them the sum at once and free you on condition that your Wala' will be for
me." Barirah went to her masters but they refused that offer. She (came back) and said, "I presented to
them the offer but they refused, unless the Wala' was for them." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) heard of that and
asked me about it, and I told him about it. On that he said, "Buy and manumit her and stipulate that
the Wala' should be for you, as Wala' is for the liberator." `Aisha added, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then got up
amongst the people, Glorified and Praised Allah, and said, 'Then after: What about some people who
impose conditions which are not present in Allah's Laws? So, any condition which is not present in
Allah's Laws is invalid even if they were one-hundred conditions. Allah's ordinance is the truth, and
Allah's condition is stronger and more solid. Why do some men from you say, O so-and-so! manumit
the slave but the Wala will be for me? Verily, the Wala is for the liberator."