Sahih al-BukhariVolume 8 • Book 80 • Hadith 743

Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id) — Hadith 743

English Translation

Narrated 'Aisha: I bought Barira (a female slave). The Prophet said (to me), "Buy her as the Wala' is for the manumitted." Once she was given a sheep (in charity). The Prophet said, "It (the sheep) is a charitable gift for her (Barira) and a gift for us." AlHakam said, "Barira's husband was a free man." Ibn 'Abbas said, 'When I saw him, he was a slave."

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