Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the right of divorce belongs to the one for whom the private part is lawful.

Hazrat Abu Saeed bin Auz (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man asked Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him): "I married my slave woman to my slave man, then I thought about separating them. Can I do that?" He replied, "You cannot do that."

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that when the master grants permission, the right to divorce will belong to the slave himself.

Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if a slave marries with the permission of his master, even then the right of divorce will remain with the slave himself.

Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf, and Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with them) state that if a slave marries with the permission of his master, even then the right of divorce will remain with the slave himself.

Hazrat Ata, Hazrat Tawus, and Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on them) state that if a slave girl is owned by another person and the owner of a slave gives him permission to marry that slave girl, then the right of divorce will belong to the slave.

Hazrat Hisham bin Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I asked my father, "If a person marries his slave woman to his slave man, can he separate them without their consent?" He replied, "If he does so, he will be doing a very bad thing."

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a slave marries with the permission of his master, then the right of divorce will belong to the slave; if he wishes, he may divorce, and if he wishes, he may keep (the marriage intact).

Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I said to Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) that Jabir bin Zaid (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say that when a master arranges the marriage of his slave, then the right of divorce will belong to the master. Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Jabir bin Zaid was wrong.

Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, says that the right to divorce belongs only to the one who has the right to the private part.

Hazrat Mak'hool (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when a slave marries with the permission of his master, the right of divorce will belong to the slave. The master cannot pronounce divorce on his behalf.

Hazrat Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if the master arranges the marriage of the slave or gives him permission to marry, then the right of divorce will belong to the slave.

Hazrat Dahhak (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if a person marries his slave to his maidservant with a dowry in the presence of witnesses, then he cannot take her away from him, and until death, the private parts of that maidservant are not lawful for him.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that when the master gives his slave permission to marry, the right of divorce will belong to the slave.

Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) state that the right of divorce will belong to the master.

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when you have married your slave woman to your slave man, and then you have sold the slave man, you cannot prevent him from coming to his wife.

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) say that when a slave marries with the permission of his master, the right of divorce will belong to the slave.