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Hadith 3289a

Chapter on Intimacy

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Chapter on Intimacy

Zujajat al-Masabih 3289aVolume 2

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Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: Barirah was freed while she was with Mughith, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave her the choice and said to her, “If he is intimate with you 1, you have no choice.” Narrated by Abu Dawud.
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Note 1

If he is intimate with you, you have no choice

(1) The statement: “If he is intimate with you, you have no choice”: Al-Shawkani said: This is evidence that the choice of an emancipated woman is delayed, and it is nullified if she allows her husband intimacy. This is the view of Malik, Abu Hanifah, and Ahmad, and one opinion of Ash-Shafi‘i. He has another opinion that it is immediate, and in another narration, it lasts three days, or upon rising from the judge’s assembly, or her own assembly. These two opinions are held by the Hanafis, but the first is apparent due to the unrestricted granting of the choice until she allows intimacy. This is supported by Ahmad’s narration from the Prophet (ﷺ): “When a slave woman is freed, she has the choice as long as he does not have intercourse with her. If she wishes, she may leave him, but if he has intercourse with her, she has no choice and cannot leave.” Ad-Daraqutni narrated, “If he has intercourse with you, you have no choice.” In Rahmat al-Ummah: If a woman is freed and her husband is a slave, the choice is established according to Abu Hanifah as long as she remains in the assembly where she learned of her emancipation. If she learns of it and allows him intercourse, it is consent. Ash-Shafi‘i has opinions: the soundest is that she has the choice immediately, the second is for three days, and the third is as long as she does not allow him intercourse. If she is freed and her husband is free, she has no choice according to Malik, Ash-Shafi‘i, and Ahmad. Abu Hanifah said her choice is established even if he is free.

Note 1

قوله

(۱)قوله: إن قربك فلا خيار لك : قال الشوكاني فيه دليل على أن خيار من عتقت على التراخي، وإنه يبطل إذا مكنت الزوج من نفسها، وإلى ذلك ذهب مالك وأبو حنيفة وأحمد، وهو قول للشافعي وله قول آخر: إنه على الفور. وفي رواية عنه: إنه إلى ثلاثة أيام، وقيل: بقيامها من مجلس الحاكم. وقيل: من مجلسها، وهذان القولان للحنفية، والمقول الأول هو الظاهر لإطلاق التخيير لها إلى غاية هي تمكينها من نفسها، ويؤيد ذلك ما أخرجه أحمد عن النبي ﷺ بلفظ إذا أعتقت الأمة فهي بالخيار ما لم يطأها، إن تشاء فارقته، وإن وطئها فلا خيار لها، ولا تسطيع فراقها، وفي رواية للدارقطني إن وطئك فلا خيار لك، انتهى. قال في رحمة الأمة»: وإذا أعتقت المرأة وزوجها رقيق ثبت الخيار عند أبي حنيفة ما دامت في المجلس الذي علمت بالعتق فيه، ومتى علمت ومكنته من الوطء فهو رضا. وللشافعي أقوال، أصحها أن لها الخيار على الفور، والثاني: إلى ثلاثة أيام، والثالث: ما لم تمكنه من الوطء، ولو عتقت وزوجها حر فلا خيار لها عند مالك والشافعي وأحمد. وقال أبو حنيفة يثبت لها الخيار مع حريته.