Hadith 22

Sahih Bukhari

Book 54: Conditions

Chapter 17

Al-Mukatab conditions which contradict Allah's Laws

باب الْمُكَاتَبِ وَمَا لاَ يَحِلُّ مِنَ الشُّرُوطِ الَّتِي تُخَالِفُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ

Jabir bin ‘Abdullah رضي الله عنهما said regarding *Al-Mukatab*, “Their conditions are those which are mutually agreed upon by them.” Ibn ‘Umar or ‘Umar said, “Any condition which is against Allah’s Laws, is invalid, even if one stipulates a hundred such conditions.”
وَقَالَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي الْمُكَاتَبِ شُرُوطُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَوْ عُمَرُ كُلُّ شَرْطٍ خَالَفَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ فَهْوَ بَاطِلٌ، وَإِنِ اشْتَرَطَ مِائَةَ شَرْطٍ. وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يُقَالُ عَنْ كِلَيْهِمَا عَنْ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ.
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ أَتَتْهَا بَرِيرَةُ تَسْأَلُهَا فِي كِتَابَتِهَا، فَقَالَتْ إِنْ شِئْتِ أَعْطَيْتُ أَهْلَكِ وَيَكُونُ الْوَلاَءُ لِي‏.‏ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَكَّرْتُهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ ابْتَاعِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا، فَإِنَّمَا الْوَلاَءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَشْتَرِطُونَ شُرُوطًا لَيْسَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مَنِ اشْتَرَطَ شَرْطًا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ، وَإِنِ اشْتَرَطَ مِائَةَ شَرْطٍ ‏"‏‏.‏
`Amra:

Aisha said that Barirah came to seek her help in the writing of her emancipation. `Aisha said to her, "If you wish, I will pay your masters (your price) and the wala' will be for me." When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came, she told him about it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her, "Buy her (i.e. Barirah) and manumit (free) her, for the Wala is for the one who manumits." Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ascended the pulpit and said, "What about those people who stipulate conditions which are not in Allah's Laws? Whoever stipulates such conditions as are not in Allah's Laws, then those conditions are invalid even if he stipulated a hundred such conditions."