Saeed bin Musayyib said that Wala is like lineage; it can neither be sold nor gifted.

Suwaid bin Ghaflah narrates that wala’ is like lineage; it can neither be sold nor gifted.

Ibrahim says that wala cannot be sold nor can it be gifted.

Hasan and Ibn Sirin say that wala’ is a kind of kinship like lineage; it can neither be sold nor gifted.

Aamir says that Wala cannot be sold nor can it be gifted.

Tawoos says that Wala cannot be sold, nor can it be gifted, nor can it be given in charity.

Hazrat Amr narrates that Hazrat Maymunah gifted the guardianship (wala) of Sulaiman bin Yasar to Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Mansur narrates that I asked Ibrahim about a man who freed another man, then the freed person went and made another man his guardian. He said that this is not permissible for him unless the one who freed him gifts him (to the other).

Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Hazm narrates that a woman from the tribe of Muharib gifted the wala’ (right of inheritance) of her slave to them and freed him, and also freed them. He says that then they gifted their wala’ to Abdur Rahman bin Amr bin Hazm, and when that woman died, the mawali presented the case before Hazrat Uthman. Hazrat Uthman asked for evidence regarding this, and when they brought the evidence, Hazrat Uthman said: "Go and make wala’ with whomever you wish." Abu Bakr says that they made wala’ with Abdur Rahman bin Amr bin Hazm.

Mansur narrates that Ibrahim and Shabi said that there is no harm in selling or gifting the wala’ of a Saibah, (“Saibah”is one who has been freed in the name of Allah, translator).