Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3449
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتِ اشْتَرَيْتُ بَرِيرَةَ فَاشْتَرَطَ أَهْلُهَا وَلاَءَهَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَعْتِقِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الْوَرِقَ " . قَالَتْ فَأَعْتَقْتُهَا فَدَعَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَخَيَّرَهَا مِنْ زَوْجِهَا قَالَتْ لَوْ أَعْطَانِي كَذَا وَكَذَا مَا أَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ . فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا حُرًّا .
Qutaybah informed us; Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from A'ishah, who said: I bought Barirah, and her owners stipulated that her loyalty would belong to them. I mentioned this to the Prophet, and he said, ‘Set her free, for loyalty belongs only to the one who pays the silver.’ She said: I set her free, and the Messenger of Allah called her and gave her the choice regarding her husband. She said, ‘Even if he gave me this and that, I would not stay with him.’ So she chose herself, while her husband was a free man.