Book 68: Divorce
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5251
Isma'il bin Abdullah (Uwaisi) narrated to us, saying: Malik told me. He narrated from Nafi', Nafi' from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) that he divorced his wife in the time of the Messenger of Allah (saw) while she was menstruating. Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (ra) asked the Messenger of Allah (saw) about this. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Tell him to take her back and then keep her with him until she becomes pure, then menstruates after that and then becomes pure. Then after that, if he wishes, he may keep her, and if he wishes, he may divorce her before he touches her. This is the waiting period (Iddah) concerning which Allah has commanded that women be divorced for their prescribed period.”
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Sulaiman bin Harb narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Anas bin Sirin. He said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra). He used to say: Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) had divorced his wife while she was menstruating, so Hazrat Umar (ra) mentioned it to the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “He should take her back.” (Anas bin Sirin used to say:) I said: Will it be counted? Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) said: Be quiet. And it is narrated from Qatadah that he narrated from Yunus bin Jubair, Yunus from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra). In it, it is like this: He (saw) said: “Tell him to take her back.” (Yunus bin Jubair used to say:) I said: Will it be counted? Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) said: Just tell me, (would it not count) even then, if he could not fulfil an obligation and acted foolishly?
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Abu Ma'mar narrated to us that Abdul Warith (bin Sa'id) told us that Ayyub (Sakhtiyani) narrated to us. He narrated from Sa'id bin Jubair, Sa'id from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra). He said: One divorce was counted against me.
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(Abdullah bin Zubair) Humaidi narrated to us that Walid (bin Muslim) told us that Auza'i narrated to us. He said: I asked Zuhri: Which of the wives of the Prophet (saw) had sought refuge from him (saw)? Zuhri said: Urwah told me, narrating from Hazrat Aishah (ra), that when the daughter of Jaun was brought as a bride to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and he (saw) went near her, she said: I seek refuge with Allah from you. He (saw) said to her: “You have sought refuge with One Who is very Great. Go and join your relatives.” Abu Abdullah said: Hajjaj bin (Yusuf bin) Abi Mani' has also narrated this hadith from his grandfather (Abu Mani' Ubaidullah bin Abi Ziyad), his grandfather from Zuhri, that Urwah told him that Hazrat Aishah (ra) said (this).
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Abu Nu'aim (Fadl bin Dukain) narrated to us that Abdur Rahman bin Ghasil (bin Sulaiman bin Abdullah bin Hanzalah Ansari) told us. He narrated from Hamzah bin Abi Usaid, Hamzah from Hazrat Abu Usaid (ra). He said: We went out with the Prophet (saw) and went to a garden called Shaut. When we reached two gardens, we sat down between them. The Prophet (saw) said: “Sit down here,” and he (saw) went into the garden. There a woman of the Jaun tribe had been brought to him (saw), and she had been lodged in a house in a date orchard, namely in the house of Umaimah bint Nu'man bin Sharahil, and with this woman was also her nurse who had brought her up. When the Prophet (saw) went in to her, he (saw) said: “Give yourself to me.” She said: Does a princess give herself to common people of the market? The narrator said: He (saw) stretched out his hand to place it on her so that her nervousness might go away. She said: I seek refuge with Allah from you. Hearing this he (saw) said: “You have sought refuge with One with Whom refuge is sought,” and saying this he (saw) came out to us and said: “Abu Usaid (ra), give her a pair of Raziqi garments to wear and take her to her family.”
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And Husain bin Walid Naisaburi said: He narrated from Abdur Rahman (bin Ghasil), Abdur Rahman from Abbas bin Sahl, Abbas from his father (Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'd (ra)) and from Hazrat Abu Usaid (ra). Both of them said: The Prophet (saw) had married Umaimah bint Sharahil. When she was brought to him (saw) as a bride and he (saw) stretched his hand towards her, it seemed as if she disliked it. Seeing this, he (saw) commanded Hazrat Abu Usaid (ra) to get provisions for the journey ready for her and also to give her a pair of white linen garments to wear. Abdullah bin Muhammad (Musnadi) told us that Ibrahim bin Abil Wazir narrated to us that Abdur Rahman (bin Ghasil) told us. He narrated from Hamzah bin Abi Usaid, Hamzah from his father. Also (Abdur Rahman narrated) from Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa'd, and he from his father, the same.
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Abdullah bin Muhammad narrated to us that Ibrahim bin Abil Wazir narrated to us that Abdur Rahman narrated to us. He narrated from Hamzah, Hamzah from his father, and from Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa'd, Abbas from his father, with this (same narration).
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Hajjaj bin Minhal narrated to us that Hammam bin Yahya told us. He narrated from Qatadah, Qatadah from Abu Ghallab Yunus bin Jubair. He used to say: I said to Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra): (What if) a man has divorced his wife at a time when she is menstruating? He said: Do you know Ibn Umar (ra)? Ibn Umar (ra) too had divorced his wife at a time when she was menstruating. At this Hazrat Umar (ra) came to the Prophet (saw) and mentioned this to him (saw), and he (saw) commanded him that he should take her back. When she becomes pure from her menses and he wishes to divorce her, then he may divorce her. (Yunus used to say:) I asked Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra): Did he (saw) count it as a divorce? He said: Just tell me, (would it not count) even then, if he was helpless and acted foolishly?
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Abdullah bin Yusuf (Tinnisi) narrated to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab that Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'd Sa'idi (ra) informed him that Uwaimir Ajlani (ra) came to Asim bin Adi Ansari (ra) and said to him: Asim (ra), just tell me: If a man has found another man with his wife, will you also kill him if he kills that man, or what should he do? Asim (ra), ask the Messenger of Allah (saw) about this for me. So Asim (ra) asked the Messenger of Allah (saw) about it. The Messenger of Allah (saw) disliked such questions and considered them objectionable, so much so that what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah (saw) weighed heavily upon Asim (ra). When Asim (ra) returned to his family, Uwaimir (ra) came and said: Asim (ra), what did the Messenger of Allah (saw) say to you? Asim (ra) said: You have not done me any good. The Messenger of Allah (saw) disliked the question about which I asked him. Uwaimir (ra) said: By Allah, I shall not stop until I have asked him (saw) about it. Saying this, Uwaimir (ra) went off and came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) while he (saw) was sitting among the people, and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Tell me about a man who has found another man with his wife: if he kills him, will you (people) then kill him too? Or what should he do? The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Allah has sent down a command concerning you and your wife. Go and bring her.” Hazrat Sahl (ra) used to say: Then the two of them carried out mutual imprecation (Li'an) against each other, and I too was sitting with the people near the Messenger of Allah (saw). When the two of them had finished, Uwaimir (ra) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! If I keep her in my house, then I have indeed told a lie about her. Therefore he gave this woman three divorces before the Messenger of Allah (saw) could command him. Ibn Shihab said: After that this became the practice of those who carry out mutual imprecation.
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Sa'id bin Ufair told us that Laith (bin Sa'd) narrated to me. He said: Uqail narrated to me. Uqail narrated from Ibn Shihab. He said: Urwah bin Zubair informed me that Hazrat Aishah (ra) told him: The wife of Rifa'ah Qurazi (ra) came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Rifa'ah (ra) divorced me, and he divorced me irrevocably, and after that I married Abdur Rahman bin Zubair Qurazi (ra). What he has is just like the fringe of a cloth. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Perhaps you wish to go back to Rifa'ah (ra). Never, until Abdur Rahman has tasted your sweetness and you have tasted his sweetness.”
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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to me that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah (bin Umar Umari). He said: Qasim bin Muhammad narrated to me. Qasim narrated from Hazrat Aishah (ra) that a man gave his wife three divorces, and then she married (someone else), and this second one also divorced her. The Prophet (saw) was asked: Has she become lawful for the first one? He (saw) said: “No, not until the second one has tasted her sweetness as the first one tasted it.”
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Umar bin Hafs (bin Ghiyath) narrated to us that my father told us that A'mash narrated to us that Muslim (bin Subaih Abud Duha) told us. Muslim narrated from Masruq, Masruq from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) gave us the choice, and we chose Allah and His Messenger, and this was not counted as any divorce in our case.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He narrated from Isma'il (bin Abi Khalid): Amir narrated to us. He narrated from Masruq. He said: I asked Hazrat Aishah (ra) about giving the choice. She said: The Prophet (saw) had given us the choice; so did that become a divorce? Masruq used to say: I do not care, once she has chosen me, whether after that I give her the choice once or give her the choice a hundred times.
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And Laith said, quoting from Nafi'. He said: Whenever Hazrat (Abdullah) bin Umar (ra) was asked about a man who had given three divorces, he would say: If you had divorced once or twice (you could have taken her back), because the Prophet (saw) gave me exactly this command. If you give her three divorces, she has become unlawful for you until she marries a husband other than you.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5265
Muhammad (bin Salam) told us that Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us that Hisham bin Urwah told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say: A man divorced his wife. This woman married another man. Then he too divorced her, and what he had was like the fringe of a cloth, and she could not obtain from him anything of what she wanted. Then he soon divorced this woman. She came to the Prophet (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! My husband had divorced me, and I married another husband. He lay with me, and what he had was just like the fringe of a cloth. And he was with me only once in such a way that he could not do anything with me. So shall I be lawful for my first husband? The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “You cannot be lawful for your first husband until this second one has tasted your sweetness and you have tasted his sweetness.”
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Hasan bin Sabbah narrated to me. He heard Rabi' bin Nafi' (saying) that Mu'awiyah (bin Sallam) narrated to us. Mu'awiyah narrated from Yahya bin Abi Kathir, Yahya from Ya'la bin Hakim, Ya'la from Sa'id bin Jubair that he used to inform him that he heard Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He used to say: If someone says to his wife: You are unlawful for me, nothing comes of it. And he said: “Verily you have in the Prophet (saw) of Allah an excellent model …” (Qur’an 33:22)
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Hasan bin Muhammad bin Sabbah narrated to me that Hajjaj (bin Muhammad A'war) told us. He narrated from Ibn Juraij. Ibn Juraij said: Ata' (bin Abi Rabah) said that he heard Ubaid bin Umair. He used to say: I heard Hazrat Aishah (ra) (relate) that the Prophet (saw) used to stay with Hazrat Zainab bint Jahsh (ra) and drink honey there. Hafsah (ra) and I consulted together that whichever of us the Prophet (saw) came to should say: I notice the smell of asafoetida on you. You have eaten asafoetida. So he (saw) came to one of them, and she said this to him (saw). He (saw) said: “No, rather I drank honey at the house of Zainab bint Jahsh (ra), and now I shall never drink it again.” Then this verse was revealed: “O Prophet! why dost thou forbid thyself that which Allah has made lawful to thee, seeking the pleasure of thy wives? And Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.” (Qur’an 66:2) “Allah has indeed allowed to you the dissolution of your oaths, and Allah is your Friend; and He is All-Knowing, Wise.” (Qur’an 66:3) “And when the Prophet (saw) confided a matter unto one of his wives and she then divulged it, and Allah informed him of it, he made known to her part thereof, and avoided mentioning part of it. And when he informed her of it, she said, ‘Who has informed thee of it?’ He said, ‘The All-Knowing, the All-Aware God has informed me.’” (Qur’an 66:4) “Now if you two turn unto Allah repentant …” (Qur’an 66:5) This address is to Hazrat Aishah (ra) and Hazrat Hafsah (ra). And by “And when the Prophet (saw) confided a matter unto one of his wives” (Qur’an 66:4) is meant this saying of the Holy Prophet (saw): “No, rather I have drunk honey.”
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Farwah bin Abil Maghra' narrated to us that Ali bin Mushir told us. He narrated from Hisham bin Urwah, Hisham from his father, his father from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) liked honey and sweet things, and when he (saw) had finished the Asr Prayer, he would go to his wives and would also sit with one of them and talk. He (saw) went to Hafsah bint Umar (ra) and stayed there longer than he (saw) usually stayed. I felt jealous (Ghairah) of this and enquired about the reason. I was told that a woman from Hafsah's (ra) people had given her a leather skin of honey as a gift and she had given the Prophet (saw) some honey drink. I said: By Allah! I too shall devise a plan for him (saw). I said to Saudah bint Zam'ah (ra): The Holy Prophet (saw) will now come to you. When he comes to you, say: You (saw) have eaten asafoetida. Then he will say to you: No. Then say to him: What is this smell that I notice on you (saw)? He will say to you: Hafsah (ra) has given me a honey drink. Say: The bee of this honey has sucked the sap of the Urfut tree. And I shall say the same, and Safiyyah (ra)! you too say the same. Hazrat Aishah (ra) said: Saudah (ra) used to say: By Allah! Only a little time had passed when the Messenger of Allah (saw) came and stood (at the door), and out of fear of you I wanted to say to him (saw) at once, before he even came near, what you had told me (but I could not say it). When he (saw) came near her, Saudah (ra) said to him (saw): O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Have you perhaps eaten asafoetida? He (saw) said: “No.” Saudah (ra) said: Then what is this smell that I notice on you (saw)? He (saw) said: “Hafsah (ra) has given me a honey drink.” Then Saudah (ra) said: The bee of this honey has sucked the sap of the Urfut. When he (saw) came to me on his round, I said the same to him (saw), and when he went to Safiyyah (ra), she too said the same. When he (saw) went to Hafsah (ra) on his round (the next day), she asked: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Shall I not give you a honey drink? He (saw) said: “I have no need of it.” Hazrat Aishah (ra) used to say: Saudah (ra) said: By Allah! We have deprived him (saw) of honey. I said: Be quiet.
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Muslim bin Ibrahim told us that Hisham (Dastawa'i) narrated to us that Qatadah told us. He narrated from Zurarah bin Aufa, Zurarah from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Allah has pardoned my people (Ummah) for the thoughts that arise in their minds, as long as one does not act upon them or utter them with the tongue.” Qatadah said: If someone has pronounced divorce in his heart, it is of no effect.
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Asbagh (bin Faraj) narrated to us that (Abdullah) bin Wahb told us. He narrated from Yunus, Yunus from Ibn Shihab. Ibn Shihab said: Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman told me, narrating from Hazrat Jabir (ra) (Ansari). (He used to say:) A man of the Aslam tribe came to the Prophet (saw) while he (saw) was in the mosque and said that he had committed adultery. He (saw) turned his face away from him. But then he went to the same side towards which he (saw) had turned his face, and swearing four oaths about himself he bore witness against himself. He (saw) called him and said: “You are not mad, are you? Are you married?” He said: Yes. He (saw) gave the command concerning him that he be stoned at the place of the Eid Prayer. When the stones began to hit him, he ran away. At last he was caught at the Harrah and was then killed.
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