حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَكْرَهُهَا فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُطَلِّقَهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ امْرَأَةً كَرِهْتُهَا لَهُ فَأَمَرْتُهُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا فَأَبَى فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ طَلِّقْ امْرَأَتَكَ فَطَلَّقْتُهَا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 5011
It was narrated from Hamzah ibn' Abdullah ibn 'Umar, that his father said: I was married to a woman whom I loved but Umar disliked, so he told me to divorce her, but I refused. Hewent to the prophet (PBUH) and said: O Messenger of Allah, 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar is married to a woman, whom I dislike for him, and I told him to divorce her, but he refused The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to me: "O 'Abdullah, divorce your wife.” So I divorced her.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020