Those who permitted giving wala as a gift

Amr said that Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) gifted the wala' of Sulayman bin Yasar to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Mansur said: I asked Ibrahim about a man who freed another man, and then the freed man went and took someone else as his patron. He said: That is not permissible for him, unless the one who freed him gifts it to him.

Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Hazm said that a woman of the tribe of Muharib gifted the wala' of her slave to the slave himself, and she freed him, and he freed himself. He said: Then he gifted his wala' to Abd al-Rahman bin Amr bin Hazm. The woman died, and the mawali brought the case before Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). Uthman asked for proof of this, and he brought the proof. Then Uthman said: Go, and form a tie of wala' with whomever you wish. Abu Bakr said: So he formed a tie of muwalat with Abd al-Rahman bin Amr bin Hazm.

Mansur narrated that Ibrahim and al-Sha'bi said: There is no harm in selling and gifting the wala' of a sa'ibah. (A "sa'ibah" is one who has been freed in the name of Allah. Translator's note.)

Qatadah said that a woman gifted the wala' of her freed slaves to her husband. Hisham bin Hubayrah said: In my opinion it belongs to her husband as long as he lives; when he dies, I will return it to the woman's heirs.

Ibrahim said: There is no harm in a man forming a tie of muwalat with another person, provided that his patron has given permission.

Sa'id narrated from Qatadah, and in another place I found this narration from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, that he saw no harm in selling wala' when it arose from a contract of manumission (mukatabah), and he disliked it when it arose from an outright emancipation.

Mansur said: I asked Ibrahim about selling wala', and he said: It is an innovation.

Ibrahim said, through another chain: Women do not inherit wala', except of those whom they set free.