المعجم الكبير للطبراني
Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (Tabarani)
مسند النساء
The Female Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)
بريرة مكاتبة عائشة أم المؤمنين زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her), the mukatabah of Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), Mother of the Believers
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ، ثنا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ بَرِيرَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَتْ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنَ السَّنَةِ تُصُدِّقَ عَلِيَّ بِلَحْمٍ فَأَهْدَيْتُهُ لِعَائِشَةَ فَأَبْقَتْهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا اللَّحْمُ؟ قَالَتْ: لَحْمٌ تُصُدِّقَ بِهِ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ، فَأَهْدَتْهُ لَنَا، فَقَالَ: هُوَ عَلَى بَرِيرَةَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَلَنَا هَدِيَّةٌ قَالَتْ: وكاتَبْتُ عَلَى تِسْعَةِ أوراقٍ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: إِنْ شاءُوا عَدَدْتُ لَهُمْ عِدَّةً وَاحِدَةً، قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: إِلَّا أَنْ يَشْتَرِطَ لَهُمُ الْوَلَاءَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اشْتَرِطِي وَاشْتَرِطِي فَإِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ» قَالَتْ: وَأُعْتِقْتُ فَكَانَ لِيَ الْخِيَارُ
Sayyidah Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Three sunnahs (were established) in my case: Meat was given to me as charity, and I gave it as a gift to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She kept it aside until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came in, and he said: "What is this meat?" She said: This is meat that was given to Barirah as charity, and she gave it to us as a gift. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is charity for Barirah and a gift for us." She said: And I had made a contract of manumission (mukatabah) for nine awqiyah of silver. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: If they wish, I will count out the whole amount to them in a single payment. I said: They say: (Not) unless the wala' is stipulated for them. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stipulate it, stipulate it, for the wala' belongs only to the one who sets free." She said: So I was set free, and I was given the choice.
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْخَالِقِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ مَرْوَانَ، حَدَّثَهُمْ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُجَالِسُ بَرِيرَةَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَلِيَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ: يَا عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ إِنِّي لَأَرَى فِيكَ خِصَالًا لَخَلِيقٌ أَنْ تَلِيَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ فَإِنْ وُلِّيتَهُ فَاحْذَرِ الدِّمَاءَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لِيُدْفَعُ عَنْ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا عَلَى مِحْجَمَةٍ مِنْ دَمٍ يُرِيقُهُ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ»
Abd al-Malik bin Marwan said: Before I took charge of this affair (the responsibility of the caliphate), I used to sit with Sayyidah Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her) in Madinah, and Sayyidah Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to say: O Abd al-Malik, I see in you qualities that make you fit to take charge of this Ummah. If you are given this responsibility, then beware of shedding blood, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A man is kept back from the gate of Paradise merely because he shed unjustly a cupping-vessel's worth of a Muslim's blood, and then he cannot look at Paradise."
