Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3202
أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ قَدْ خَيَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نِسَاءَهُ أَوَكَانَ طَلاَقًا .
Bishr ibn Khalid al-Askari reported to us; he said: Ghundar narrated to us; he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Sulayman, who said: I heard Abu al-Duha, from Masruq, from Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave his wives a choice. Was that a divorce?
Translation notes
Aishah reports that the Prophet gave his wives a choice, then asks whether this counted as divorce; the source provides no answer in this wording.
رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ قَدْ خَيَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نِسَاءَهُ أَوَكَانَ طَلاَقًا .
The short question أَوَكَانَ طَلاَقًا could be a direct question about whether the choice constituted divorce.
Is “Was that a divorce?” the intended sense of the final question?