سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ خَيَّرَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَاخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا بَانَتْ مِنْهُ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا هَذَا شَيْءٌ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) خَاصَّةً أُمِرَ بِذَلِكَ فَفَعَلَ وَ لَوِ اخْتَرْنَ أَنْفُسَهُنَّ لَطَلَّقَهُنَّ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْ لِأَزْواجِكَ إِنْ كُنْتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ الْحَياةَ الدُّنْيا وَ زِينَتَها فَتَعالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ وَ أُسَرِّحْكُنَّ سَراحاً جَمِيلًا .
Translation
Humeyd, from Ibn Sama’at, from Ibn Rabat, from Ays Bin Al Qasim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about a man who (gave a) choice to his wife, so she chose herself to be irrevocably divorced from him’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No! This is something which was for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> in particular. He<sup>saww</sup> was Commanded with that, so he<sup>saww</sup> did it; and had they chosen themselves, they would have been divorced, and these are the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h28"><a href="/books/quran:33#h28">[33:28]</a></a> O Prophet! Say to your wives: If you desire the life of the world and its adornment, then come, I will give you a provision and allow you to depart a goodly departing</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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