Is the bond of manumission (Wala') established if the master and the freed slave have different religions?

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The bond of manumission (Wala') is established even when the master and the freed slave profess different religions. There is no known disagreement on this point. This is established by the general statement of the Prophet, peace be upon him: "The Wala' belongs to the one who frees," and by the statement: "The Wala' is a tie like the tie of kinship." The tie of kinship is established despite differences in religion, and similarly, the Wala' is established. Furthermore, the Wala' is established due to the benefit conferred by the act of manumission, and this rationale holds regardless of the difference in their faiths. The Wala' is established for a male over a female, and a female over a male, and for every manumitter, due to the general nature of the reports and the underlying reason, and based on the Hadith of Abdullah ibn Shaddad.