Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ أَتَتْنِي بَرِيرَةُ تَسْتَعِينُنِي فِي مُكَاتَبَتِهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهَا إِنْ شَاءَ مَوَالِيكِ صَبَبْتُ لَهُمْ ثَمَنَكِ صَبَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَعْتَقْتُكِ فَاسْتَأْمَرَتْ مَوَالِيَهَا فَقَالُوا لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَشْتَرِطَ لَنَا الْوَلَاءَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اشْتَرِيهَا فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ.
English Translation
Ja'far ibn Awn narrated to us: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Amrah, from A'ishah, who said: "Barirah came to me seeking my help with her contract of manumission. I said to her: 'If your masters wish, I will pay them your price in a single payment and free you.' So she consulted her masters, and they said: 'No, unless you stipulate for us the right of wala' (patronage).' So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Buy her, for wala' belongs only to the one who frees [the slave].'"