The wife of the Prophet, Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), said: There are three Sunnahs regarding Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her). One of these Sunnahs is that when she was freed, she was given the choice regarding her husband (who was a slave). And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The right of wala’ (allegiance) belongs to the one who sets free. And (one day) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered (the house) and a pot was boiling with meat. When bread and some household curry was presented to him, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Did I not see a pot in which there was meat?”(The household) said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! But that meat was given to Barirah as charity, and you do not eat charity. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“It is charity for her, and for us it is a gift.”

And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her) that Barirah, may Allah be pleased with her, came and said: I have made a written contract with my owners for my freedom for nine (9) uqiyah of silver; I will give them one uqiyah each year. Please help me in this matter. So Sayyidah Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: If your owners agree to this, I will pay them in cash, but the right of wala’ (allegiance) will be mine. Barirah went to her owners and told them this. They refused, so she came from her owners (to Aisha Siddiqa, may Allah be pleased with her), and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was also sitting there. She said: I told them this, but they refused and said that the right of wala’ would be theirs. When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, heard this, he asked: (What is the matter?) Then Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, informed him, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:“Take her and accept their condition of wala’, for the right of wala’ is only for the one who sets free.”So Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, did so. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood among the people, and after praising and glorifying Allah, he said: As for what follows, what is the matter with people who stipulate conditions that are not in the Book of Allah? Any condition that is not in the Book of Allah is invalid, even if there are a hundred such conditions. The decision of Allah is the most rightful, and the condition of Allah is the strongest, and the right of wala’ is only for the one who sets free.