It is narrated from Sayyida Amrah bint Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with her) that Bareerah came to seek help from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: If your people agree that I pay them your price in one lump sum and set you free, then I am willing. Bareerah conveyed this to her people, and they said: We will not sell except on the condition that the wala’ (right of inheritance/loyalty) remains with us.

Yahya bin Saeed said that Hazrat Amrah said that then Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: "Buy her and set her free, for the wala’ belongs only to the one who sets free."