Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2521
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ أَتَتْهَا وَهِيَ مُكَاتَبَةٌ قَدْ كَاتَبَهَا أَهْلُهَا عَلَى تِسْعِ أَوَاقٍ فَقَالَتْ لَهَا إِنْ شَاءَ أَهْلُكِ عَدَدْتُ لَهُمْ عَدَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَكَانَ الْوَلاَءُ لِي قَالَ فَأَتَتْ أَهْلَهَا فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ فَأَبَوْا إِلاَّ أَنْ تَشْتَرِطَ الْوَلاَءَ لَهُمْ فَذَكَرَتْ عَائِشَةُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " افْعَلِي " . قَالَتْ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَشْتَرِطُونَ شُرُوطًا لَيْسَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ كُلُّ شَرْطٍ لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِائَةَ شَرْطٍ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ وَشَرْطُ اللَّهِ أَوْثَقُ وَالْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ali ibn Muhammad both narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Barirah came to her while under a manumission contract that her owners had made with her for nine uqiyyahs. Aishah said to her, If your owners wish, I will pay them in a single payment, and the right of wala will belong to me. She went to her owners and told them, but they refused unless they stipulated that the wala belong to them. Aishah told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said, Do so. The Prophet then stood and addressed the people. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: What is the matter with men who stipulate conditions that are not in the Book of Allah? Any condition that is not in the Book of Allah is invalid, even if there are a hundred conditions. The Book of Allah has the greater right, and the condition of Allah is more binding. The wala belongs to the one who emancipates.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic chain is Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ali ibn Muhammad, then Waki, Hisham ibn Urwah, his father, and Aishah. The report says Barirah had a nine-uqiyyah contract; Aishah offered one payment and claimed the wala, while her owners insisted on retaining it. Wala is the bond or right of clientage associated here with emancipation. The English witness is duplicated and malformed at the start; the Arabic is complete.