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1236. Ibn 'Umar narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prohibited selling the Walā' and conferring it." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. We do not know of it except as a narration of 'Abdullāh bin Dīnār, from Ibn 'Umar.
This Hadīth is acted upon according to the people of knowledge.
Yahya bin Sulaim reported this Hadīth from 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Umar, from Nāfi' from Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet ﷺ, (saying) "That he prohibited selling the Walā' and conferring it."
But this is a mistake from Yahya bin Sulaim. Because 'Abdul-Wahhāb Ath-Thaqafī, 'Abdullāh bin Numair and others reported it from 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Umar, from 'Abdullāh bin Dīnār, from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet ﷺ. And this is more correct than the narration of Yahya bin Sulaim.
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Commentary
'Walā' is the relationship between a slave and the one who manumits. By this relationship one who gets freedom is considered the family member of the one who frees. If the freed slave dies without having any legal heir his property goes to the one who manumited him. Arabs before the advent of Islam used to sell or confer this relationship of Walā'. The Prophet ﷺ prohibited it.
