Giving A Slave Woman The Choice When She Is Freed
Darussalam · Volume 3
10. The ChaptersOn DivorceSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2076 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 671
Source no. 2076 · Volume 5 · Page 76
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح، الإرواء (٦ / ٢٧٤) ، الروض النضير (٨٢٨) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٤٥٩ - ٢٥٨٩)
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2076. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "Three Sunan were established because of Barirah: She was given the choice (of whether to remain married) when she was freed, and her husband was a slave; they used to give her charity and she used to give it as a gift to the Prophet ﷺ, and he would say: 'It is charity for her and a gift for us,' and he said, the 'Walā' is for the one who set the slave free.'" (Sahih)
2076 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: مَضَى فِي بَرِيرَةَ ثَلَاثُ سُنَنٍ: خُيِّرَتْ حِينَ أُعْتِقَتْ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا مَمْلُوكًا، وَكَانُوا يَتَصَدَّقُونَ عَلَيْهَا فَتُهْدِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَيَقُولُ: «هُوَ عَلَيْهَا صَدَقَةٌ، وَهُوَ لَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ» وَقَالَ «الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ»
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The right of ownership changes the status of an object. If a poor person gets something in charity, and he offers it to a rich person as a present, or a rich person buys it from him, it will not have the status of charity for the rich person. Walā' is a relation between the emancipator and the emancipated slave which is established due to emancipation. Due to this relation, an emancipated slave is considered the member of the emancipator's family. If the emancipated slave leaves no heir, then the emancipator will be the heir which is called the right of Walā'.