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[Machine] He used to say, "If she chooses herself, she is one manifest, and if she chooses her husband, then there is nothing."  

البيهقي:١٥٠٣١ – إِحْدَاهُمَا مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنا أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ نا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ نا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ نا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ نا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مِخْوَلٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلَا شَيْءَ  

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tabarani:9653 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Mujāhid

[Machine] "If she chooses her husband, it is nothing. And if she chooses herself, she is one."  

الطبراني:٩٦٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فِي الْخِيَارِ قَالَ

«إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَهِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ»  

tabarani:9654 – Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Ḥammād > Ibrāhīm

[Machine] Umar and Ibn Mas'ud said, "If a woman chooses herself, then she is one, and if she chooses her husband, then there is nothing."  

الطبراني:٩٦٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ قَالَ

عُمَرُ وَابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَهِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلَا شَيْءَ»