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Jami` at-Tirmidhi

كتاب الطلاق واللعان عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

The Book on Divorce and Li'an

Chapter 13Hadith 1179

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ خَيَّرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاخْتَرْنَاهُ أَفَكَانَ طَلاَقًا؟ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، بِمِثْلِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْخِيَارِ فَرُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُمَا قَالاَ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ ‏.‏ وَرُوِيَ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّهُمَا قَالاَ أَيْضًا وَاحِدَةٌ يَمْلِكُ الرَّجْعَةَ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلاَ شَىْءَ ‏.‏ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ يَمْلِكُ الرَّجْعَةَ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَثَلاَثٌ ‏.‏ وَذَهَبَ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْفِقْهِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ إِلَى قَوْلِ عُمَرَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَأَمَّا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ فَذَهَبَ إِلَى قَوْلِ عَلِيٍّ رضى الله عنه ‏.‏

"The Messenger of Allah gave us the choice, so we chose him. So was that a divorce?"

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