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Sahih al-Bukhari 6751

Chapter: Al-Wala’ is for the manumitter

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 6751

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتِ اشْتَرَيْتُ بَرِيرَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

اشْتَرِيهَا، فَإِنَّ الْوَلاَءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَأُهْدِيَ لَهَا شَاةٌ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هُوَ لَهَا صَدَقَةٌ، وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ ‏"

Narrated `Aisha:

I bought Barira (a female slave). The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to me), "Buy her as the Wala' is for the manumitted." Once she was given a sheep (in charity). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It (the sheep) is a charitable gift for her (Barira) and a gift for us." Al-Hakam said, "Barira's husband was a free man." Ibn `Abbas said, 'When I saw him, he was a slave."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6751).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( الْحَكَم ) هُوَ اِبْن عُتَيْبَة بِمُثَنَّاةٍ ثُمَّ مُوَحَّدَة مُصَغَّر , وَإِبْرَاهِيم هُوَ النَّخَعِيُّ , وَالْأَسْوَد هُوَ اِبْن يَزِيد وَالثَّلَاثَة تَابِعِيُّونَ كُوفِيُّونَ. قَوْله ( قَالَ الْحَكَم : وَكَانَ زَوْجهَا حُرًّا ) هُوَ مَوْصُول إِلَى الْحَكَم بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمَذْكُور , وَوَقَعَ فِي رِوَايَة الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ مِنْ رِوَايَة أَبِي الْوَلِيد عَنْ شُعْبَة مُدْرَجًا فِي الْحَدِيث , وَلَمْ يَقُلْ ذَلِكَ الْحَكَم مِنْ قِبَل نَفْسه فَسَيَأْتِي فِي الْبَاب الَّذِي يَلِيه مِنْ طَرِيق مَنْصُور عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيم أَنَّ الْأَسْوَد قَالَهُ أَيْضًا فَهُوَ سَلَف الْحَكَم فِيهِ. قَوْله ( وَقَوْلُ الْحَكَمِ مُرْسَلٌ ) أَيْ لَيْسَ بِمُسْنَدٍ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ رَاوِيَةِ الْخَبَرِ فَيَكُون…

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