حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ رَزِينِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَحْمَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الرَّجُلِ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَيَتَزَوَّجُهَا آخَرُ فَيُغْلَقُ الْبَابُ وَيُرْخَى السِّتْرُ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا هَلْ تَحِلُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ قَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الْعُسَيْلَةَ و
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4776
It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: The Prophet (PBUH) was asked about a man who divorces his wife three times, then another man marries her, closes the door and let the curtain drop, then he divorces her before consummating the marriage with her. Does she become permissible for the first (husband)? He said: "No, not until he (the second husband) tastes the sweetness (intimacy).”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020