و حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي الدَّسْتَوَائِيَّ قَالَ کَتَبَ إِلَيَّ يَحْيَی بْنُ أَبِي کَثِيرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ يَعْلَی بْنِ حَکِيمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ کَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الْحَرَامِ يَمِينٌ يُکَفِّرُهَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَقَدْ کَانَ لَکُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3676
Abu al-Sahba' said to Ibn 'Abbas: Enlighten us with your information whether the three divorces (pronounced at one and the same time) were not treated as one during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and Abu Bakr. He said: It was in fact so, but when during the caliphate of 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) people began to pronounce divorce frequently, he allowed them to do so (to treat pronouncements of three divorces in a single breath as one).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020