نَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الدَّوْلابِيُّ ، وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالا : نَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ ، نَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ اللَّخْمِيِّ ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا مُعَاذُ ، مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ شَيْئًا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعَتَاقِ ، وَلا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ شَيْئًا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّلاقِ ، فَإِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِمَمْلُوكِهِ : أَنْتَ حُرٌّ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ ، وَلا اسْتِثْنَاءَ لَهُ ، وَإِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ لامْرَأَتِهِ : أَنْتِ طَالِقٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ، فَلَهُ اسْتِثْنَاؤُهُ ، وَلا طَلاقَ عَلَيْهِ " ،.
Sayyiduna Mu’adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me: “O Mu’adh! Allah Almighty has not created anything on the face of the earth that is more beloved to Him than freeing a slave, and Allah Almighty has not created anything on the face of the earth that is more disliked to Him than divorce. So when a person says to his slave: ‘If Allah wills, you are free,’ then the slave will be considered free, and the speaker will not have the right of exception. If a person says to his wife: ‘If Allah wills, you are divorced,’ then that person will have the right of exception and the divorce will not take effect.”