Chapter 31: The Book of Manumission of Slaves

' Urwah quoting from 'Aishah said that Barirah came to her seeking her help to purchase her freedom, and she did not pay anything for her freedom. 'Aishah said to her: Return to your people ; if you like that I make payment for the purchase of your freedom on your behalf and I shall have the right to inherit from you, I shall do so. Barirah mentioned it to her people, but they refused and said: If she wants to purchase your freedom for reward from Allah, she may do so, but the right to inherit from her shall be ours. She mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Purchase her (freedom) and set her free, for the right of inheritance belongs to only to the one who set a person free. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then stood up and said: If anyone makes a condition which is not in Allah' s Book, he has no right to it, even if he stipulates it hundred times. Allah' s condition is more valid and binding.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3929
Chapters
1 Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah) 2 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat) 3 The Book Of The Prayer For Rain (Kitab al-Istisqa') 4 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey 5 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers 6 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan 7 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Qur'an 8 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr 9 Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat) 10 The Book of Lost and Found Items 11 The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj) 12 Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) 13 Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) 14 Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) 15 Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) 16 Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) 17 Game (Kitab Al-Said) 18 Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya) 19 Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) 20 Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah) 21 Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) 22 Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) 23 Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu) 24 Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) 25 The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah) 26 Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm) 27 Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah) 28 Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) 29 Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) 30 Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur) 31 The Book of Manumission of Slaves 32 Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at) 33 Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam) 34 Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas) 35 Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul) 36 Signet-Rings (Kitab Al-Khatam) 37 Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) 38 The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) 39 Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim) 40 Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) 41 Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) 42 Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) 43 General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)