Hadith 33

Sahih Bukhari

Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id)

Chapter 21

The sin of the freed slave who denies his master who has freed him.

باب إِثْمِ مَنْ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ مَوَالِيهِ

Sahih al-Bukhari 6756
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ بَيْعِ الْوَلاَءِ وَعَنْ هِبَتِهِ‏.‏
Ibn `Umar:

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the selling of the Wala' (of slaves) or giving it as a present.