Abu 'Uthman al-Nahdi عبد الرحمن بن مل - أبو عثمان النهدي · The Book of the Etiquette of Judges

The husband of Barirah was a slave called Mughith. It is as if I can see him walking behind her weeping, with the tears running down onto his beard. The Prophet said to her: "Why don't you take him back, for he is the father of your child?" She said: "O Messenger of Allah, are you commanding me (to do so)?" He said: "I am just interceding." She said: "I have no need of him."