Three legal precedents were established through the case of Barirah. The first is that when she was set free, she was given the choice regarding her marriage. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The right of inheritance through emancipation belongs to the one who frees the slave."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered while a pot was bubbling with meat, and bread along with some condiments from the household provisions was brought near him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Did I not see a pot with meat in it?"They replied, "Yes, Messenger of Allah, but that is meat given in charity to Barirah, and you do not eat from charity."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For her it is charity, but for us it is a gift."
أخبرنا محمد بن سلمة قال أنبأنا ابن القاسم عن مالك عن ربيعة عن القاسم بن محمد
كان في بريرة ثلاث سنن إحدى السنن أنها أعتقت فخيرت في زوجها وقال رسول الله ﷺ الولاء لمن أعتق ودخل رسول الله ﷺ والبرمة تفور بلحم فقرب إليه خبز وأدم من أدم البيت فقال رسول الله ﷺ ألم أر برمة فيها لحم فقالوا بلى يا رسول الله ذلك لحم تصدق به على بريرة وأنت لا تأكل الصدقة فقال رسول الله ﷺ هو عليها صدقة وهو لنا هدية
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Marriage, chapter "A free woman married to a slave," hadith no. 5097, and Muslim in the Book of Manumission, chapter explaining that the right of inheritance from a freed slave (wala) belongs to the one who freed him, hadith no. 14/1504, both from the hadith of Malik through this route, and it is found in the Muwatta (Yahya's recension), 2/562, hadith no. 5640, and in the Kubra.