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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Suckling

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1154

Chapter: What has been related about a slave woman who is freed but she has a husband

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1154

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ عَبْدًا

فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا ‏.‏

Aishah narrated:

“Barfah’s husband was a slave, so the Messenger of Allah let her chose, and she chose herself, and if he was a free man she would not have had a choice.”

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1154), Muslim (No. 1333a, 1504e) and Abu Dawud (No. 2233).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ عَبْدًا ) فِيهِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ زَوْجَ بَرِيرَةَ كَانَ عَبْدًا حِينَ أُعْتِقَتْ. وَفِي الْمُنْتَقَى عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ : أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ أُعْتِقَتْ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا : الْحَدِيثُ رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَمُسْلِمٌ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَصَحَّحَهُ اِنْتَهَى. وَرَوَى مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ : أَنَّ بَرِيرَةَ خَيَّرَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا ( وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْهَا ) هَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةُ مُدْرَجَةٌ مِنْ قَوْلِ عُرْوَةَ كَمَا صَرَّحَ بِذَلِكَ النَّسَائِيُّ فِي سُنَنِهِ , وَبَيَّنَهُ أَيْضًا أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1154
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim The hadith No. 1154
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1154

Other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1333a

Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him) said to me: Had your people not been unbelievers in the recent past (had they not quite recently accepted Islam), I would have demolished the Ka'ba and would have rebuilt it on the foundation (laid) by Ibrahim; for when the Quraish had built the Ka'ba, they…

لَوْلاَ حَدَاثَةُ عَهْدِ قَوْمِكِ بِالْكُفْرِ لَنَقَضْتُ الْكَعْبَةَ وَلَجَعَلْتُهَا عَلَى أَسَاسِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا حِينَ بَنَتِ الْبَيْتَ اسْتَقْصَرَتْ وَلَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا خَلْفًا ‏"

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1504e

Her (Barira's) husband was a slave, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave her the option (either to retain her matrimonial relation with her husband or sever it off). She opted to break off (and secure freedom for her even from the matrimonial alliance). And if he were free he would not have given her the…

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ…

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 3198

'Urwa told on' A’isha’s authority that God’s Messenger said to her concerning Barira, “Take her and set her free.” Now her husband was a slave, so God’s Messenger gave her her choice and she chose to separate from him; but if he had been free he would not have given her her choice. (Bukhari and…

عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهَا فِي بَرِيرَةَ: «خُذِيهَا فَأَعْتِقِيهَا» . وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah

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  • التحقيق في مسائل الخلاف لابن الجوزي (1760)كَانَ زَوْجُ بَرِيرَةَ عَبْدًا فَخَيَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا ، وَلَوْ كَانَ حُرًّا لَمْ تُخَيَّرْ
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