Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1155
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ حُرًّا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . هَكَذَا رَوَى هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ عَبْدًا . وَرَوَى عِكْرِمَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ زَوْجَ بَرِيرَةَ وَكَانَ عَبْدًا يُقَالُ لَهُ مُغِيثٌ . وَهَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَالُوا إِذَا كَانَتِ الأَمَةُ تَحْتَ الْحُرِّ فَأُعْتِقَتْ فَلاَ خِيَارَ لَهَا وَإِنَّمَا يَكُونُ لَهَا الْخِيَارُ إِذَا أُعْتِقَتْ وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ عَبْدٍ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ . وَرَوَى الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ حُرًّا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَرَوَى أَبُو عَوَانَةَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي قِصَّةِ بَرِيرَةَ قَالَ الأَسْوَدُ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا حُرًّا . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannad narrated to us: Abu Muawiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from Aishah, who said: Barirah's husband was a free man, and the Messenger of Allah gave her the choice. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Aishah is hasan sahih. Hisham narrated it from his father, from Aishah, saying that Barirah's husband was a slave. Ikrimah reported from Ibn Abbas: I saw Barirah's husband, who was a slave named Mughith. The same has been reported from Ibn Umar. Some scholars acted on this report and said that if an enslaved woman is married to a free man and is then freed, she has no choice; she only has the choice when she is freed while married to a slave. This is the view of al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. Al-A'mash reported from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from Aishah, that Barirah's husband was free and the Messenger of Allah gave her the choice. Abu Awanah also reported this hadith from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from Aishah, concerning Barirah's story; al-Aswad said her husband was free. Some Successors and those after them acted on this; this is the view of Sufyan al-Thawri and the scholars of Kufa.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source preserves conflicting reports about whether Barirah's husband was enslaved or free; both variants are translated as transmitted.