Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2052
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ خَيَّرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَاخْتَرْنَاهُ . فَلَمْ نَرَهُ شَيْئًا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abu Muʿawiyah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Muslim, from Masruq, from ʿAishah, who said: ‘The Messenger of Allah gave us the choice, and we chose him. We did not regard it as anything.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final phrase فَلَمْ نَرَهُ شَيْئًا is rendered literally; the object of ‘regard’ is not explicit in this short text.
فَلَمْ نَرَهُ شَيْئًا .
The pronoun in فَلَمْ نَرَهُ شَيْئًا refers back to an unstated matter; the text does not explicitly say whether they mean they did not count it as a divorce or considered the choice insignificant.
Should ‘We did not regard it as anything’ remain general, or should a specific referent be supplied?