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ahmad:25367 – Jarīr > 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:٢٥٣٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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abudawud:2233 – ʿUthmān 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:٢٢٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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