3203 - ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali informed us, saying: ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Isma‘il, from al-Sha‘bi, from Masruq, from ‘A’ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave us the choice, and we chose him, and it was not [counted as] a divorce.

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Also recorded by Ibn Hibban (4267) via the route of Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, from Shu‘bah, with the same chain.
And recorded in similar wording by Ahmad (24181) and (26023), al-Bukhari (5262), Muslim (1477): (28), Abu Dawud (2203), and al-Tirmidhi following (1179), via multiple routes from Sulayman al-A‘mash, with the same chain.
And Muslim recorded it following (1477): (28) via the route of Sulayman al-A‘mash, from Ibrahim al-Nakha‘i, from al-Aswad ibn Yazid al-Nakha‘i, from ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her.
And it will come via the route of Khalid ibn al-Harith, from Shu‘bah, with the same chain, under number (3444), and via the route of Abu Mu‘awiyah Muhammad ibn Khazim al-Darir, from Sulayman al-A‘mash, with the same chain, under number (3445), and via the route of al-Sha‘bi, from Masruq, with the same chain, under numbers (3203), (3441), (3442), and (3443).

(1) In (R) and the margin of (K): “and it was not” (wa-lam).
(2) Its chain is sound. ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali: he is al-Fallas. ‘Abd al-Rahman: he is Ibn Mahdi. Sufyan: he is al-Thawri. Isma‘il: he is Ibn Abi Khalid al-Ahmasi. Al-Sha‘bi: he is ‘Amir ibn Sharahil. And it is in al-Sunan al-Kubra under number (5293).
And Muslim recorded it (1477): (27), and al-Tirmidhi (1179), via two routes, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, with this chain, and Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid was paired with ‘Asim al-Ahwal in Muslim, and his narration will come under numbers (3442) and (3443).
And Ahmad recorded it (24653), (25703), and (26036), Muslim (1477): (24), (25), and (27), and Ibn Hibban (4267), via multiple routes, from Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid, with the same chain, and Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid was paired with ‘Asim al-Ahwal in Muslim in narration (27), and at the beginning of the second narration in his collection: from Masruq that he said: I do not care whether I give my wife the choice once, a hundred times, or a thousand times, as long as she chooses me. And I asked ‘A’ishah, and she said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave us the choice… and the rest of the hadith.
And it will come via the route of Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan, from Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid, with the same chain, under number (3441). And see what precedes it.