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bayhaqi:15032Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl > Ibn Abū Khālid > Abū Isḥāq

[Machine] He said, "If she chooses her husband, then it is a valid divorce, and her husband has more right to her, meaning that she returns to him. And if she chooses herself, then it is a clear divorce, and she has ownership over herself." He said, "This is found in the books." As for Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, what we have narrated is authentic from him.  

البيهقي:١٥٠٣٢وَالْأُخْرَى مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ نا إِسْمَاعِيلُ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو السَّفَرِ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ التَّخْيِيرِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ خَيَّرَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَقَالَ تَطْلِيقَةٌ وَزَوْجُهَا أَحَقُّ بِرَجْعَتِهَا قُلْنَا فَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا؟ قَالَ فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ قُلْنَا فَإِنَّ نَاسًا يَرْوُونَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَتَطْلِيقَةٌ وَزَوْجُهَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا أَيْ بِرَجْعَتِهَا وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَتَطْلِيقَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ وَهِيَ أَمْلَكُ بِنَفْسِهَا قَالَ هَذَا وَجَدُوهُ فِي الصُّحُفِ وَأَمَّا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَالصَّحِيحُ عَنْهُ مَا رَوَيْنَا