سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب تفريع أبواب الطلاق
Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)
باب فِي الْمَمْلُوكَةِ تَعْتِقُ وَهِيَ تَحْتَ حُرٍّ أَوْ عَبْدٍ
Chapter: Regarding A Slave Woman Who Was Married To Slave A Or Free Man And Then Freed.
Hadith 2233
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 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا ، وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا " .
While relating the tradition about Barirah Aishah 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. ”
