Dalil

Mishkat al-Masabih 3198

Chapter - Section 1

عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهَا فِي بَرِيرَةَ: «خُذِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا». وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفسهَا وَلَو كَانَ حرا لم يخيرها

Translation

'Urwa told on' A’isha’s authority that God’s Messenger said to her concerning Barira, “Take her and set her free.” Now her husband was a slave, so God’s Messenger gave her her choice and she chose to separate from him; but if he had been free he would not have given her her choice. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Grades by grader

Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahihgraded on tirmidhi:1154fawazahmed0
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-HamidSahihgraded on abudawud:2233fawazahmed0
MuslimSoundgraded on muslim:1504ehadithunlocked
Shuayb al-ArnautHasan Sahihgraded on abudawud:2233fawazahmed0
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Bukhari (2563) Sahih Muslim (1504)graded on abudawud:2233fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
al-AlbaniSahihgraded on abudawud:2233fawazahmed0

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Jami at-Tirmidzi 1154كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا
  • Sunan Abu Dawud 2233كَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا
  • Shahih Muslim 1504eوَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ أَمَّا بَعْدُ