The husband of Barirah was a slave called Mughith. It is as if I can see him walking behind her weeping, with the tears running down onto his beard. The Prophet [SAW] said to Al-'Abbas: "O 'Abbas, are you not amazed by the love of Mughith for Barirah and the hatred of Barirah for Mughith?" The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to her: "Why don't you take him back, for he is the father of your child?" She said: "O Messenger of Allah, are you commanding me (to do so)?" He said: "I am just interceding." She said: "I have no need of him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5417)  

يُقَالُ لَهُ مُغِيثٌ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ يَطُوفُ خَلْفَهَا يَبْكِي وَدُمُوعُهُ تَسِيلُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلْعَبَّاسِ «يَا عَبَّاسُ أَلَا تَعْجَبُ مِنْ حُبِّ مُغِيثٍ بَرِيرَةَ وَمِنْ بُغْضِ بَرِيرَةَ مُغِيثًا؟» فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَوْ رَاجَعْتِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَبُو وَلَدِكِ» فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا شَفِيعٌ» قَالَتْ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَالِحٌ