Ayesha reported that Barirah came to her seeking help with her writ of emancipation, having paid nothing of it yet. Ayesha said to her, "Go back to your masters. If they agree that I pay your writ on your behalf and that your loyalty becomes mine, I will do it."Barirah mentioned this to her masters, but they refused, saying, "If she wishes to do this as a charitable act for you, let her do so, but your loyalty will remain with us."She mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "Buy her and set her free, for loyalty belongs to the one who frees the slave."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and said, "What is the matter with people who stipulate conditions not found in the Book of Allah? Whoever stipulates a condition not found in the Book of Allah, it is invalid, even if he stipulates it a hundred times. The condition set by Allah is more deserving of being followed and more binding."
إن عائشة أخبرته: أن بريرة جاءت عائشة تستعينها في كتابتها، ولم تكن قضت من كتابتها شيئا. فقالت لها عائشة: ارجعي إلى أهلك، فإن أحبوا أن أقضي عنك كتابتك، ويكون ولاؤك لى فعلت، فذكرت ذلك بريرة لأهلها، فأبوا، وقالوا: إن شاءت أن تحتسب عليك فلتفعل، ويكون لنا ولاؤك، فذكرت ذلك لرسول الله ﷺ، فقال لها رسول الله ﷺ: ابتاعي، فأعتقي، فإنما الولاء لمن أعتق. ثم قام رسول الله ﷺ، فقال: ما بال أناس يشترطون شروطا ليست في كتاب الله، من اشترط شرطا ليس فى كتاب الله فليس له، وإن شرط مائة مرة، شرط الله أحق وأوثق.
Bukhari narrated it in the chapter on Mukatab (2561), and Muslim in the chapter on Manumission (1504:6), both from Qutayba bin Saeed, who said, Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwa, that Ayesha informed him and he related it.