I intended to buy Buraira but her masters stipulated that her Wala should be for them. When theProphet was told about it, he said to me, "Buy and manumit her, as the Wala' is for the liberator."Once Buraira was given some meat, and the Prophet (ﷺ) asked, "What is this?" I said, "It has been givento Buraira in charity." He said, "It is sadaqa for her but a gift for us." Buraira was given the option (tostay with her husband or to part with him). `Abdur-Rahman (a sub-narrator) wondered, "Was herhusband a slave or a free man?" Shu`ba (another sub-narrator) said, "I asked `Abdur-Rahman whetherher husband was a slave or a free man. He replied that he did not know whether he was a slave or afree man."