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Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that A'isha
umm al-muminin wanted to buy a slave-girl and set her free. Her people
said, "We will sell her to you provided that her wala' is ours." She
mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, and he said, "Don't let that hinder you, for the
wala' only belongs to the one who sets free."
Muwatta Malik Book 38, Hadith 19
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Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that
A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Barira came to me and said, 'I have written myself as
mukatab for my people for nine uqiyas, one uqiya per year, so help
me.' A'isha said, 'If your people agree that I pay it all to them for
you, and that if I pay it, your wala' is mine, then I will do it.'
Barira went to her masters and told them that and they didn't agree.
She came back from her masters while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, was sitting. She said to A'isha, 'I
offered that to them and they refused me unless they had the wala'.'
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, heard
that and asked her about it A'isha told him and the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Take her and
stipulate that the wala' is yours, for the wala' is for the one who
sets free.' So A'isha did that and then the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood up in front of the people,
and praised Allah and gave thanks to Him. Then he said, 'What is wrong
with the people who make conditions which are not in the Book of
Allah? Any condition which is not in the Book of Allah is invalid even
if it is a hundred conditions. The decree of Allah is truer and the
conditions of Allah are firmer, and the wala' only belongs to the one
who sets free.' "
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Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint Abd ar-
Rahman that Barira came asking the help of A'isha, umm al-muminin.
A'isha said, "If your masters agree that I pay them your price in one
lump sum and set you free I will do it." Barira mentioned that to her
masters and they said, "No, not unless your wala' is ours." Yahya ibn
Said added that Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman claimed that A'isha mentioned
that to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace said, "Buy her and set her free. The wala' only belongs to the
one who sets free."