قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَاكَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) خَيَّرَ نِسَاءَهُ فَاخْتَرْنَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ فَلَمْ يُمْسِكْهُنَّ عَلَى طَلَاقٍ وَ لَوِ اخْتَرْنَ أَنْفُسَهُنَّ لَبِنَّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ كَانَ يَرْوِيهِ أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَ مَا لِلنَّاسِ وَ لِلْخِيَارِ إِنَّمَا هَذَا شَيْءٌ خَصَّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ رَسُولَهُ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) .
Translation
Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Sama’at, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad, and Ibn Rabat, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazzaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I heard your<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> saying that Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> (gave) a choice to his<sup>saww</sup> wives, so they chose Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup>, so he<sup>saww</sup> did not keep them upon a divorce, and had they chosen themselves, they would have been irrevocably divorced’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘This is a Hadeeth which my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> had reported about Ayesha. And what is for the people and the choice? But rather, this is something which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Specialised His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup> with’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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