Chapter 50: Makaatib
Narrated 'Urwa: That 'Aisha told him that Barirah came to seek her help in her writing of emancipation (for a certain
sum) and that time she had not paid anything of it. 'Aisha said to her, "Go back to your masters, and if
they agree that I will pay the amount of your writing of emancipation and get your Wala', I will do
so." Barirah informed her masters of that but they refused and said, "If she (i. e. 'Aisha) is seeking
Allah' s reward, then she can do so, but your Wala' will be for us." 'Aisha mentioned that to Allah' s
Apostle who said to her, "Buy and manumit (free) her, as the Wala' is for the liberator." Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ) then
got up and said, "What about the people who stipulate conditions which are not present in Allah' s
Laws? Whoever imposes conditions which are not present in Allah' s Laws, then those conditions will
be invalid, even if he imposed these conditions a hundred times. Allah' s conditions (Laws) are the
truth and are more solid."
Sahih al-Bukhari 2561