Aishah said “Barirah’s husband was a free man when she was emancipated. She was given choice. She said “I do not like to remain with him. I have such and such (grievances)”
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
According to Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah, the statement "(Kan Hira) he was free" is the speech of Aswad bin Yazid, and according to Imam Bukhari, it is mursal (disconnected), whereas the narration of Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu that her husband was a slave is more authentic.
See (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Divorce, Hadith: 5282)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2235