أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ کَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْ الرَّجُلِ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَيَقُولُ أَمَّا إِنْ طَلَّقَهَا وَاحِدَةً أَوْ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا ثُمَّ يُمْسِکَهَا حَتَّی تَحِيضَ حَيْضَةً أُخْرَی ثُمَّ تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا وَأَمَّا إِنْ طَلَّقَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ اللَّهَ فِيمَا أَمَرَکَ بِهِ مِنْ طَلَاقِ امْرَأَتِکَ وَبَانَتْ مِنْکَ امْرَأَتُکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3592
When Ibn ‘Umar was asked about a man who divorced his wife when she was menstruating, he would say: “If it is the first or second divorce, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم would tell him to take her back and keep her until she has menstruated again and purified herself, then divorce her before having intercourse with her. But if it was three simultaneous divorces, then you have disobeyed Allah with regard to the way in which divorce should be conducted and your wife has become irrevocably divorced.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020