and your wala' be for me, I will do it." Barira returned to her family and mentioned that to them, but they refused, insisting that the wala' be theirs (2). This indicates that the establishment of wala' over the mukatab for his master was well-established among them. And Allah knows best.

1980 - Issue; he said: (And he is to be given a fourth of what he was contracted for, because of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {And give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you}).

The discussion on giving is in five sections: its obligation, its amount, its kind, the time it is permitted, and the time it becomes obligatory.

As for the first: [It is obligatory] (1) upon the master to give the mukatab something from what he was contracted for. This was narrated from 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him (2). Al-Shafi'i and Ishaq held this view. Burayda, al-Hasan, al-Nakha'i, al-Thawri, Malik, and Abu Hanifa said: It is not obligatory; because it is a contract of exchange, so giving is not obligatory in it, like all other contracts of exchange. Our evidence is the statement of Allah the Exalted: {And give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you} (3). The manifest meaning of the imperative is obligation. 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said in interpreting it: "Remit a fourth of the wealth of the kitaba for them" (2). And from Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with both of them, he said: "Remit something from their kitaba for them" (4). The kitaba contract differs from all other contracts; for the purpose of it is [kindness to the slave] (5), unlike others, and because the kitaba contract entitles one to wala' over the slave along with the exchange, so likewise (6) it is necessary that the slave be entitled to something from the master. If it is said: The meaning is...