و حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ أَنَّ مَعْقِلَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ کَانَتْ أُخْتُهُ تَحْتَ رَجُلٍ فَطَلَّقَهَا ثُمَّ خَلَّی عَنْهَا حَتَّی انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا فَحَمِيَ مَعْقِلٌ مِنْ ذَلِکَ أَنَفًا فَقَالَ خَلَّی عَنْهَا وَهُوَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ يَخْطُبُهَا فَحَالَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمْ النِّسَائَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ إِلَی آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ فَتَرَکَ الْحَمِيَّةَ وَاسْتَقَادَ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 5332
Narrated Nafi`: Ibn `Umar bin Al-Khattab divorced his wife during her menses. Allah's Apostle ordered him to take her back till she became clean, and when she got another period while she was with him, she should wait till she became clean again and only then, if he wanted to divorce her, he could do so before having sexual relations with her. And that is the period Allah has fixed for divorcing women. Whenever `Abdullah (bin `Umar) was asked about that, he would say to the questioner, "If you divorced her thrice, she is no longer lawful for you unless she marries another man (and the other man divorces her in his turn).' Ibn `Umar further said, 'Would that you (people) only give one or two divorces, because the Prophet has ordered me so."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020