The story of Barirah and her manumission contract.
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The Shaykh : And another example that contains some severity.
Barirah came, and she was a slave woman whose masters had entered into a manumission contract with her?
And what does it mean that her masters entered into a manumission contract with her? Does it mean they wrote a document for her and she wrote another document for them?
No, the manumission contract means the slave purchasing himself from his master.
Barirah purchased herself from her masters for nine ounces of silver, and the ounce is forty dirhams. What is the price of the ounces? Where are the calculators?
Three hundred?
The student: The narrations differ.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except by Allah. Nine times forty, what is it? Nine times four: thirty-six. Put a zero to the right of the six, what does it become?
Three hundred and sixty dirhams.
So, Barirah came to Aishah to seek her help and ask her for assistance in paying these dirhams.
So Aishah said to her: If you wish, I will pay it for your relatives, provided that your patronage is mine.
So Barirah went to her relatives and told them what Aishah had said. They said: No, unless the patronage is ours.
Patronage is a type of guardianship and inheritance, but it is secondary to the guardianship of kinship.
They said: No, unless the patronage is ours.
So she informed the Prophet, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Aishah:Muwatta Malik 38:18, so Aishah did it; she took her on this condition. Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and delivered an eloquent sermon, in which he said: Sahih al-Bukhari 2729.
And the point is this eloquent condemnation:Sahih al-Bukhari 456.
And this indefinite reference may be from the category of concealing them, as he did not mention them by name.
It is also possible that this is from the category of intensifying the condemnation of them, as if they are not in a position that allows their names to be mentioned. However, the first possibility is the most apparent, that he said it from the category of concealing them, because it is not befitting to specify a person in sermons and the like, saying: So-and-so said such and such, and exposing him among the people.
Now, pay attention, my brother.
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 2729.
What do you say about laws that contradict the Shari'ah? Are they invalid? Invalid? They were established by a group of geniuses, thinkers. Yes, laws that contradict the Shari'ah are invalid no matter who established them? They are invalid and must be rejected, and it is not permissible for anyone ever to adhere to them!
Every condition that is not in the Book of Allah is invalid, even if there are a hundred conditions. Look at what follows:[Yunus 10:35].
Does this story contain some severity or not?
It contains some.
Some scholars said: Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had previously established that patronage belongs to the one who frees the slave, there was something of contradiction in their condition. Therefore, the address of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to these people was severe.
Barirah came, and she was a slave woman whose masters had entered into a manumission contract with her?
And what does it mean that her masters entered into a manumission contract with her? Does it mean they wrote a document for her and she wrote another document for them?
No, the manumission contract means the slave purchasing himself from his master.
Barirah purchased herself from her masters for nine ounces of silver, and the ounce is forty dirhams. What is the price of the ounces? Where are the calculators?
Three hundred?
The student: The narrations differ.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except by Allah. Nine times forty, what is it? Nine times four: thirty-six. Put a zero to the right of the six, what does it become?
Three hundred and sixty dirhams.
So, Barirah came to Aishah to seek her help and ask her for assistance in paying these dirhams.
So Aishah said to her: If you wish, I will pay it for your relatives, provided that your patronage is mine.
So Barirah went to her relatives and told them what Aishah had said. They said: No, unless the patronage is ours.
Patronage is a type of guardianship and inheritance, but it is secondary to the guardianship of kinship.
They said: No, unless the patronage is ours.
So she informed the Prophet, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Aishah:
Take her and stipulate that the wala' is yours
خذيها واشترطي لهم الولاءAs for after, what is the matter with a group of people who stipulate conditions that are not in the Book of Allah -pay attention, my brother- what is the matter with a group of people who stipulate conditions that are not in the Book of Allah, whatever condition is not in the Book of Allah is invalid, even if there are a hundred conditions, the decree of Allah is more deserving, and the condition of Allah is more secure, and indeed patronage belongs to the one who frees the slave
أما بعد، فما بال أقوام يشترطون شروطاً ليست في كتاب اللّه -انتبه ياأخ-ما بال أقوام يشترطون شروطاً ليست في كتاب اللّه، ما كان من شرط ليس في كتاب اللّه فهو باطل، وإن كان مائة شرط، قضاء اللّه أحق، وشرط اللّه أوثق، وإِ نما الولاء لمن أعتقAnd the point is this eloquent condemnation:
What about some people who impose conditions which are not present in Allah's Book
ما بال أقوام يشترطون شروطاً ليست في كتاب اللّهAnd this indefinite reference may be from the category of concealing them, as he did not mention them by name.
It is also possible that this is from the category of intensifying the condemnation of them, as if they are not in a position that allows their names to be mentioned. However, the first possibility is the most apparent, that he said it from the category of concealing them, because it is not befitting to specify a person in sermons and the like, saying: So-and-so said such and such, and exposing him among the people.
Now, pay attention, my brother.
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
who stipulate things which are not in Allah's Laws? Any condition which is not in Allah's Laws is invalid
يشترطون شروطاً ليست في كتاب اللّه، ما كان من شرط ليس في كتاب اللّه فهو باطلWhat do you say about laws that contradict the Shari'ah? Are they invalid? Invalid? They were established by a group of geniuses, thinkers. Yes, laws that contradict the Shari'ah are invalid no matter who established them? They are invalid and must be rejected, and it is not permissible for anyone ever to adhere to them!
Every condition that is not in the Book of Allah is invalid, even if there are a hundred conditions. Look at what follows:
The decree of Allah is more deserving
قضاء اللّه أحقّSo is He who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed or he who guides not unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?"
أَفَمَن يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقَ أَحَقُّ أَن يُتَّبَعَ أَمَّن لاَّ يَهِدِّي إِلاَّ أَن يُهْدَى فَمَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَDoes this story contain some severity or not?
It contains some.
Some scholars said: Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had previously established that patronage belongs to the one who frees the slave, there was something of contradiction in their condition. Therefore, the address of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to these people was severe.