It is also related by Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar. ⦗1⦘

ʿUrwah narrates from ʿĀʾishah, who said:

Barīrah came to me seeking help with her kitābah (contract of manumission); she had not yet paid anything toward it. I said to her, “Go back to your people. If they are willing for me to settle your kitābah on your behalf and for your patronage (walāʾ) to belong to me, I will do so.”

Barīrah conveyed that to them, but they refused and said, “If she wants to regard the payment as charity, let her do so.”

I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, “Buy her, then set her free, for patronage belongs only to the one who emancipates.”

He then stood up and declared, “What is the matter with people who impose conditions that are not found in the Book of Allah? Whoever lays down a condition that is not in the Book of Allah has no claim to it—even if he stipulates a hundred such conditions. The condition of Allah is more rightful and more binding.” ⦗2⦘

In another wording recorded in al-Ṣaḥīḥ she said, “I contracted with my people for nine awqiyahs, one awqiyah each year, so help me.”

Another narration states: “He stood among the people, praised Allah, and extolled Him.”

That version continues: “The decree of Allah is more rightful, and the condition of Allah is more secure; patronage belongs only to the one who emancipates.”

Yet another wording says, “What is wrong with some people who say, ‘Free him, O so-and-so, but the patronage is mine’?”

According to one report, she entered while five awqiyahs remained, to be paid over five years, and she said to her