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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الخلع والطلاق
Book of Khul and Divorce
باب: ما جاء في التخيير
Chapter: Reports on giving the wife the choice
Bayhaqi 15027 — Reports on giving the wife the choice
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، أنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، نا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ، نا أَبُو عَبَّادٍ، نا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، نا عِيسَى بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَذَكَرَ الْخِيَارَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَدْ سَأَلَنِي عَنِ الْخِيَارِ فَقُلْتُ: " إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا " فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ إِلَّا مُتَابَعَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ "، فَلَمَّا خَلَصَ الْأَمْرُ إِلِيَّ وَعَلِمْتُ أَنِّي مَسْئُولٌ عَنِ الْفُرُوجِ أَخَذْتُ بِالَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرَى فَقَالُوا: وَاللهِ لَئِنْ جَامَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ وَتَرَكْتَ رَأْيَكَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ إِنَّهُ لَأَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ أَمْرٍ تَفَرَّدْتَ بِهِ بَعْدَهُ، قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَسَأَلَ زَيْدًا فَخَالَفَنِي وَإِيَّاهُ، فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَثَلَاثٌ، وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ".
Isa bin Asim narrates from Zadhan: We were with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he mentioned the choice (entrusting the decision of divorce to the wife). Then he said: The Commander of the Believers asked me about the choice, and I said: If the woman chooses herself, she becomes separated by one divorce; and if she chooses her husband, it is one divorce, but the husband has more right to the woman. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is not so; rather, if the woman chooses her husband, nothing is due from him; and if the woman chooses herself, it is one divorce and the man has more right to the woman. I had no option but to follow the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). When the matter came to rest with me alone, and I knew that I would be questioned about (the lawfulness of) private parts, I adopted my own opinion. They said: By Allah! Had you agreed with the opinion of the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and left your own opinion, that would have been dearer to us than a view in which you stand alone. The narrator says: He laughed, then (said that) he had sent someone to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), who asked Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), and he differed from both me and him. Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If the wife chooses herself, it is three divorces for her; and if the wife chooses her husband, it is one divorce for her and the man has more right to the wife.
