حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ يَحْيَی أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ امْرَأَتِهِ الَّتِي طَلَّقَ فَقَالَ طَلَّقْتُهَا وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَذُکِرَ ذَلِکَ لِعُمَرَ فَذَکَرَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا فَإِذَا طَهُرَتْ فَلْيُطَلِّقْهَا لِطُهْرِهَا قَالَ فَرَاجَعْتُهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقْتُهَا لِطُهْرِهَا قُلْتُ فَاعْتَدَدْتَ بِتِلْکَ التَّطْلِيقَةِ الَّتِي طَلَّقْتَ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ مَا لِيَ لَا أَعْتَدُّ بِهَا وَإِنْ کُنْتُ عَجَزْتُ وَاسْتَحْمَقْتُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3666
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported: I divorced my wife while she was in the state of menses. 'Umar (Allah he pleased wish him) came toAllah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and made mention of that to him, whereupon Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) told that be should take her back, and when she is pure he may divorce her. if he would so wish. I (one of the narrators) said to Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them): Did you count (this pronouncement of divorce) in her case? He said: What (after all) prevents him from doing so? Do you find him (Ibn Umar) either helpless or foolish?
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020