Hadith 5478

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

29
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الأَمَةِ تَكُونُ تَحْتَ الْعَبْدِ فَتَعْتِقُ إِنَّ الأَمَةَ لَهَا الْخِيَارُ مَا لَمْ يَمَسَّهَا . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَإِنْ مَسَّهَا زَوْجُهَا فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا جَهِلَتْ أَنَّ لَهَا الْخِيَارَ فَإِنَّهَا تُتَّهَمُ وَلاَ تُصَدَّقُ بِمَا ادَّعَتْ مِنَ الْجَهَالَةِ وَلاَ خِيَارَ لَهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا .


ahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarsaid that a female slave who was the wife of a slave and then was setfree, had the right of choice as long as he did not have intercoursewith her.Malik said, "If her husband has intercourse withher and she claims that she did not know, she still has the right ofchoice. If she is suspect and one does not believe her claim ofignorance, then she has no choice after he has had intercourse withher."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 29, Hadith 26

Arabic reference: Book 29, Hadith 1183