أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ أَبِي کَثِيرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُعَتِّبٍ أَنَّ أَبَا حَسَنٍ مَوْلَی بَنِي نَوْفَلٍ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ کُنْتُ أَنَا وَامْرَأَتِي مَمْلُوکَيْنِ فَطَلَّقْتُهَا تَطْلِيقَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أُعْتِقْنَا جَمِيعًا فَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ إِنْ رَاجَعْتَهَا کَانَتْ عِنْدَکَ عَلَی وَاحِدَةٍ قَضَی بِذَلِکَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَالَفَهُ مَعْمَرٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3460
It was narrated from Ma’qil, from Az-Zuhri who said: “Abdur Rahman bin ‘Abdullah bin Ka’b narrated that his paternal uncle ‘Ubaidulláh bin Ka’b said: ‘I heard my father Ka’b say: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم sent word to me and my two companions saying: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم : commands you to keep away from your wives. I said to the envoy: Should I divorce my wife, or what should I do? He said: No, just keep away from her and do not come near her. I said to my wife: Go to your family and stay with them until Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, decides (concerning me). So she went to them.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020