It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Barirah came to her; she was a mukatabah (a slave woman who had a contract for her freedom) and came with a request for help in paying the amount for her freedom. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked her, "If your owners are willing to sell you, I will pay your entire price at once and set you free." She went to her owners and mentioned this to them. They said, "Not until she accepts the condition that her inheritance will go to us." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "Buy her and set her free, for wala’ (the right of inheritance from a freed slave) belongs only to the one who sets the slave free."