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abudawud:2233ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

While relating the tradition about Barirah A’ishah said “her husband was a slave, so the Prophet ﷺ gave her choice. She chose herself. Had he been a free man, he would not given her choice.”  

أبو داود:٢٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي قِصَّةِ بَرِيرَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا  


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Collected by Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
muslim:1504e[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Ibn Numayr [Chain 2] Abū Kurayb > Wakīʿ [Chain 3] Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah Bihadhā al-Isnād Naḥw Ḥadīth Abū Usāmah Ghayr

Her (Barira's) husband was a slave, so Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her the option (either to retain her matrimonial relation with her husband or sever it off). She opted to break off (and secure freedom for her even from the matrimonial alliance). And if he were free he would not have given her the option. In the hadith narrated on the authority (of this chain of transmitters) these words are not found: Amma ba'du.  

مسلم:١٥٠٤eوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ جَرِيرٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ أَمَّا بَعْدُ  

tirmidhi:1154ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“Barfah’s husband was a slave, so the Messenger of Allah let her chose, and she chose herself, and if he was a free man she would not have had a choice.”  

الترمذي:١١٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا  

ahmad:25367Jarīr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah Mithl Ḥadīth Manṣūr Illā

[Machine] He said, "Her husband was a slave, and if he had been a free man, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not have given her the option."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٦٧حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ مَنْصُورٍ إِلَّا

أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:14259Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. Ḥayyān al-Maʿrūf Biʾabī al-Shaykh > Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Her husband was a servant, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave her the choice, and she chose herself. Even if he had been a free man, she wouldn't have chosen him.  

البيهقي:١٤٢٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِأَبِي الشَّيْخِ أنبأ أَبُو يَعْلَى ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ هَكَذَا