[Machine] About the choice, I said: if she chooses herself, then one person is enough, and if she chooses her husband, then one person is enough and he has more right to her. Umar said: No, that's not the case. But she chose her husband, so there is nothing wrong with that. And if she chooses herself, then one person is enough and he has more right to her. I could only follow the opinion of Amir al-Mu'minin Umar. When the matter came to me and I knew that I was responsible for the affairs of women, I followed what I thought was right. They said: By Allah, if you insist on it and go against the opinion of Amir al-Mu'minin Umar, whom you saw, it will be more beloved to us than you taking a decision by yourself afterwards. He laughed and said: Indeed, he had sent a message to Zaid bin Thabit and asked him, and Zaid disagreed with me. Zaid said: If she chooses herself, then three people are enough, and if she chooses her husband, then one person is enough and he has more right to her. He said: And I am al-Za'farani and Abdul Wahab narrated from Jarir, from Isa, from Zadhan, from Ali, with a similar narration.

عَنِ الْخِيَارِ فَقُلْتُ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ إِلَّا مُتَابَعَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَلَمَّا خَلَصَ الْأَمْرُ إِلِيَّ وَعَلِمْتُ أَنِّي مَسْئُولٌ عَنِ الْفُرُوجِ أَخَذْتُ بِالَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرَى فَقَالُوا وَاللهِ لَئِنْ جَامَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ وَتَرَكْتَ رَأْيَكَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ إِنَّهُ لَأَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ أَمْرٍ تَفَرَّدْتَ بِهِ بَعْدَهُ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَسَأَلَ زَيْدًا فَخَالَفَنِي وَإِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ ؓ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَثَلَاثٌ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا 15028 قَالَ وَنا الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ نا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عِيسَى عَنْ زَاذَانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ نَحْوَهُ