Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1825
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ فِي بَرِيرَةَ ثَلَاثُ سُنَنٍ: إِحْدَى السُّنَنِ أَنَّهَا عُتِقَتْ فَخُيِّرَتْ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ» . وَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْبُرْمَةُ تَفُورُ بِلَحْمٍ فَقُرِّبَ إِلَيْهِ خُبْزٌ وَأُدْمٌ مِنْ أُدْمِ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ: «أَلَمْ أَرَ بُرْمَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ؟» قَالُوا: بَلَى وَلَكِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَحْمٌ تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ وَأَنْتَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ قَالَ: «هُوَ عَلَيْهَا صَدَقَةٌ وَلنَا هَدِيَّة»
Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: There were three precedents in the case of Barira. One was that when she was emancipated, she was given the choice regarding her husband. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘The right of inheritance from an emancipated person belongs to the one who emancipated them.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in while a pot was boiling with meat. Bread and one of the household’s condiments were brought to him. He said, ‘Did I not see a pot with meat in it?’ They said, ‘Yes, but that meat was given as alms to Barira, and you do not eat alms.’ He said, ‘It is alms for her and a gift for us.’
Translation notes
The Arabic passage names Barira and gives the three-precedent framing, but does not include the English witness’s biographical and legal explanations.