Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2125
حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ، بَرِيرَةَ فَاشْتَرَطُوا الْوَلاَءَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الثَّمَنَ أَوْ لِمَنْ وَلِيَ النِّعْمَةَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Bundar narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from ‘A’ishah: She intended to purchase Barirah, but her owners stipulated that wala’ would belong to them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Wala’ belongs to the one who pays the price or grants the favor.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Ibn ‘Umar and Abu Hurayrah. This is a hasan sahih hadith, and scholars act according to it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Wala’ is retained as the technical relationship linked to emancipation, described here as belonging to the one who paid or granted the favor.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ .
The report uses wala’ as a technical legal relationship and describes it as belonging to the payer or benefactor.
Should wala’ be retained with this contextual gloss? It is retained here.