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abudawud:2234ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī And al-Walīd b. ʿUqbah > Zāʾidah > Simāk > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿĀʾishah

A’ishah said “The Prophet ﷺ gave her choice. Her husband was a slave.”  

أبو داود:٢٢٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَالْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ خَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا