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2075. It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbās said: "The husband of Barirah was a slave called Mughith. It is as if I can see him now, walking behind her and weeping, with tears running down his cheeks. The Prophet ﷺ said to ‘Abbās: ‘O ‘Abbās, are you not amazed by the love of Mughith for Barirah, and the hatred of Barirah for Mughith?’ And the Prophet ﷺ said to her: ‘Why don’t you take him back, for he is the father of your child?’ She said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, are you commanding me (to do so)?’ He said: ‘No, rather I am interceding.’ She said: ‘I have no need of him.’” (Sahih)
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If husband and wife both are slaves; and the wife is set free, she has the choice to live with her husband or to separate from him.
The decision of separation will break the marriage contract, but they are allowed to reunite after remarriage. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ advised Barirah to go back to her husband, which was an advice to remarry.
If the husband is set free before the wife, then the wife does not have a choice of separation.
