حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَی بْنُ شَبِيبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کَانَ النَّاسُ وَالرَّجُلُ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ مَا شَائَ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا وَهِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ إِذَا ارْتَجَعَهَا وَهِيَ فِي الْعِدَّةِ وَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ أَوْ أَکْثَرَ حَتَّی قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِامْرَأَتِهِ وَاللَّهِ لَا أُطَلِّقُکِ فَتَبِينِي مِنِّي وَلَا آوِيکِ أَبَدًا قَالَتْ وَکَيْفَ ذَاکَ قَالَ أُطَلِّقُکِ فَکُلَّمَا هَمَّتْ عِدَّتُکِ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ رَاجَعْتُکِ فَذَهَبَتْ الْمَرْأَةُ حَتَّی دَخَلَتْ عَلَی عَائِشَةَ فَأَخْبَرَتْهَا فَسَکَتَتْ عَائِشَةُ حَتَّی جَائَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ فَسَکَتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ الطَّلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاکٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَاسْتَأْنَفَ النَّاسُ الطَّلَاقَ مُسْتَقْبَلًا مَنْ کَانَ طَلَّقَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَکُنْ طَلَّقَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو کُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَائِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَلَمْ يَذْکُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَعْلَی بْنِ شَبِيبٍ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1192
Hisham bin Urwah narrated from his father, from Aishah that she said: The people were such that a man would divorce his wife when he wanted to divorce her, and she remained his wife when he wanted to take her back while she was in her Iddah, and he could divorce a hundred times, or even more, such that a man could say to his wife: 'By Allah! I will neither divorce you irrevocably, nor give you residence ever!' She would say: 'And how is that?' He would say: 'I will divorce you, and whenever your Iddah is just about to end I will take you back. So a woman went to Aishah to inform her about that, and Aishah was silent until the Prophet came. So she told him and the Prophet was silent, until the Qur'an was revealed: Divorce is two times, after that, retain her on reasonable terms or release her with kindness.' So Aishah said: So the people could carry on with divorce in the future, (knowing) who was divorced, and who was not divorced.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020