صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الطلاق
The Book of Divorce
باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ تَخْيِيرَ امْرَأَتِهِ لاَ يَكُونُ طَلاَقًا إِلاَّ بِالنِّيَّةِ:
Chapter: Giving one's wife the choice does not count as a divorce, unless it is intended as such
Hadith 1477
This hadith is listed as number 3685 in Maktaba Shamila
وحدثناه أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حدثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، قَالَ : مَا أُبَالِي خَيَّرْتُ امْرَأَتِي وَاحِدَةً ، أَوْ مِائَةً ، أَوْ أَلْفًا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَخْتَارَنِي ، وَلَقَدْ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ، فقَالَت : " قَدْ خَيَّرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَفَكَانَ طَلَاقًا ".
Masruq reported: I do not mind if I give option to my wife (to get divorce) once, hundred times, or thousand times after (knowing it) that she has chosen me (and would never seek divorce). I asked 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) (about it) and she said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave us the option, but did it imply divorce? (It was in fact not a divorce; it is effective when women actually avail themselves of it.)
