Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي أنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أَبُو أَحْمَدُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ إِذَا خَيَّرَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَاخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَهِيَ تَطْلِيقَةٌ وَهُوَ أَمْلَكُ بِرَجْعَتِهَا وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَتَطْلِيقَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ وَهُوَ خَاطِبٌ مِنَ الْخُطَّابِ قَالَ وَكَانَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ يَقُولُ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَهِيَ ثَلَاثٌ قَالَ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ يَقُولُ إِذَا خَيَّرَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَاخْتَارَتْ زَوْجَهَا فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ وَإِنِ اخْتَارَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَهِيَ تَطْلِيقَةٌ وَهُوَ أَمْلَكُ بِرَجْعَتِهَا قَوْلُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ مُوَافِقٌ لِقَوْلِ عُمَرَ ؓ فِي الْخِيَارِ وَبِهِ نَقُولُ لِمُوَافَقَتِهِ السُّنَّةَ الثَّابِتَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي التَّخْيِيرِ وَمُوَافَقَتِهِ مَعْنَى السُّنَّةِ الْمَشْهُورَةِ عَنْ رُكَانَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْبَتَّةِ أَنَّهَا رَجْعِيَّةٌ إِذَا أَرَادَ بِهَا وَاحِدَةً وَأَمَّا عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَتِ الرِّوَايَةُ عَنْهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَأَشْهَرُهَا مَا رَوَيْنَا وَكَذَلِكَ
English Translation
Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a man gives his wife the choice and she chooses her husband, it is one divorce and he has the right to take her back. If she chooses herself, it is an irrevocable divorce and he is a suitor like other suitors. Zayd ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: If she chooses herself, it counts as three. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: If a man gives his wife the choice and she chooses her husband, it is nothing. If she chooses herself, it is one divorce and he has the right to take her back. The statement of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud agrees with the statement of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the choice, and we follow it because it conforms to the established Sunnah from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) from the Prophet (peace be upon him) regarding the giving of choice, and it accords with the meaning of the well-known Sunnah from Rukanah from the Prophet (peace be upon him) regarding the irrevocable pronouncement being a revocable divorce when one divorce is intended. As for Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), the narrations from him differ regarding this.