Darussalam · Volume 3
18. The Book Of InheritanceSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 126
Source no. 2915 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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صحيح
Source no. 2588 · Volume 8 · Page 269
Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين. وقد أخرجاه بإسناد المؤلف ومتنه)
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2915. It was reported from Ibn 'Umar, that 'Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, may Allāh be pleased with her, wanted to buy a slave-girl so that she could free her. Her people (owners) said: "We will sell her to you on the condition that the Walā' (right of inheriting from her) will be ours." She mentioned it to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He said: "That should not prevent you, for the Walā' is for whoever freed (the slave)." (Sahih)
٢٩١٥ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ، وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ، قَالَ مَالِكٌ: عَرَضَ عَلَيَّ نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ جَارِيَةً تَعْتِقُهَا، فَقَالَ: أَهْلُهَا نَبِيعُكِهَا عَلَى أَنَّ وَلَاءَهَا لَنَا، فَذَكَرَتْ عَائِشَةُ ذَاكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «لَا يَمْنَعُكِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ»
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In Arabic the word Mawlā applies to both the one who freed the slave, and the freed slave (as well). Al-Walā' refers to the relationship between them after the freeing of the slave. The relationship is immutable that can neither be changed or gifted nor bought or sold, and due to this relationship, the one freed takes on the tribal affinity of the one who freed him, and the one who freed him is his heir.