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The Book of Divorce

كتاب الطلاق

(4) Chapter: Giving one's wife the choice does not count as a divorce, unless it is intended as such

باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ تَخْيِيرَ امْرَأَتِهِ لاَ يَكُونُ طَلاَقًا إِلاَّ بِالنِّيَّةِ ‏‏

The above hadith has likewise been narrated through another chain.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1476b
In-book reference : Book 18, Hadith 32
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 9, Hadith 3499
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وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عِيسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏