Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2074
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ بَرِيرَةَ فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَكَانَ لَهَا زَوْجٌ حُرٌّ .
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; Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, from ʿAʾishah, that she emancipated Barirah. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) then gave Barirah the choice, and she had a free husband.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
أَنَّهَا أَعْتَقَتْ بَرِيرَةَ فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَكَانَ لَهَا زَوْجٌ حُرٌّ .
The report says the Prophet gave Barirah the choice but does not state the options in this wording. It explicitly says her husband was free.
Does ‘gave Barirah the choice’ preserve the report’s concise wording without importing the choice’s alternatives?