Category:The Book of Divorce in Sahih Muslim

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1. Umar Bin Khattib Allah be pleased with him asked Allah Messenger about it whereupon Allah Messenger said Command him Abdullah Bin Umar to take her back and keep her and pronounce divorce when she is purified and she again enters the period of menstruation and she is again purified after passing the period of menses and then if he so desires he may keep her and if he desires divorce her finally before touching her without having an intercourse with her for that is the period of waiting ldda which God the Exalted and Glorious has commanded for the divorce of women
2. Ibn Rumh in his narration made this addition When Abdullah was asked about it he said to one of them If you have divorced your wife with one pronouncement or two then you can take her back for Allah Messenger commanded me to do it but if you have divorced her with three pronouncements then she is forbidden for you until she married another husband and you disobeyed Allah in regard to the divorce of your wife what He had commanded you
3. When Ibn Umar Allah be pleased with them was asked about the person who divorces his wife in the state of menses he said If you pronounced one divorce or two Allah Messenger had commanded him to take her back and then allow her respite until she enters the period of the second menses and then allow her respite until she is purified and then divorce her finally before touching her having a sexual intercourse with her and if you have pronounced three divorces at one and the same time you have in fact disobeyed your Lord with regard to what He commanded you about divorcing your wife
4. She said that he already knew that my parents would never allow me to seek separation from him She said Then he said Allah the Exalted and Glorious said Prophet say to thy wives If you desire this world life and its adornment then come I will give you a provision and allow you to depart a goodly departing and if you desire Allah and His Messenger and the abode of the Hereafter then Allah has prepared for the doers of good among you a great reward She is reported to have said About what should I consult my parents for I desire Allah and His Messenger and the abode of the Hereafter She Aisha said Then all the wives of Allah Messenger did as I had done
5. I found only a handful of barley equal to one sa and an equal quantity of the leaves of Mimosa Flava placed in the nook of the cell and a semi tanned leather bag hanging in one side and I was moved to tears on seeing this extremely austere living of the Holy Piophet and he said Ibn Khattab what wakes you weep I said Apostle of Allah why should I not shed tears This mat has left its marks on your sides and I do not see in your store room except these few things that I have seen Ceasar and Closroes are leading their lives in plenty whereas you are Allah Messenger
6. I stood at the door of the mosque and I called out at the top of my voice The Messenger of Allah has not divorced his wives and it was on this occasion that this verse was revealed And if any matter pertaining to peace or alarm comes within their ken they broadcast it whereas if they would refer it to the Apostle and those who have been entrusted with authority amongst them those of them who are engaged in obtaining intelligence would indeed know what to do with it iv
7. Umar said I took hold of my cloak then came out of my house until I visited Hafsa and said to her O daughter I heard that you retort upon Allah Messenger until he spends the day in vexation whereupon Hafsa said By Allah we do retort upon him
8. Umm Salama said to me Umar Bin AlKhattab how strange is it that you meddle with every matter so much so that you are anxious to interfere between Allah Messenger and his wives and this perturbed me so much that I refrained from saying what I had to say so I came out of her apartment and I had a friend from the Anar
9. He was lying on the mat and there was nothing between him and that mat and under his head there was a pillow made of leather and it was stuffed with plam fibres and at his feet were lying a heap of sant tree acacia niloctica meant for dyeing and near his head there was hanging a hide
10. Ibn Abbas Allah be pleased with them is reported to have said I intended to ask Umar about those two ladies who had pressed for worldly riches during the lifetime of the Prophet and I kept waiting for one year but found no suitable opportunity with him until I happened to accompany him to Mecca
11. He answered the call of nature and then came to me and I poured water over his hands and he performed ablution I said Commander of the Faithful who are the two ladies amongst the wives of Allah Prophet about whom Allah the Exalted and Majestic said If you both turn to Allah in repentance then indeed your heart are inclined to it Umar Allah he pleased with him said How strange is it for you Ibn Abbas Zuhri said By Allah he disliked what he asked about but did not keep it a secret
12. He Umar said They are Hafsa and Aisha and he then began to narrate the hadith and said We were such people among the Quraish who dominated women and as we reached Medina we found there people who were dominated by their women and our women began to learn the habits of their women
13. I said Messenger of Allah supplicate the Lord that He should make life prosperous for your Ummah as He has made plentiful for the people of Persia and Rome in spite of the fact that they do no worship Allah the Exalted and Majestic whereupon he Allah Messenger sat up an I then said Ibn Khattab do you doubt that they are a nation whom their nice things have been given immediately in the life of this world
14. Mamar said Ayub reported to me that Aisha said Dont inform your wives that I have chosen you whereupon Allah Apostle said Verily Allah has sent me as a conveyer of message and He has not sent me as a source of hardship to others
15. Khalid Bin Walid along with a group of persons visited Allah Messenger in the house of Maimuna and they said Abu Hafs has divorced his wife with three pronouncements is there any maintenance allowance due to her Thereupon Allah Messenger said No maintenance allowance is due to her but she is required to spend the Idda and he sent her the message that she should not be hasty in making a decision about herself and commanded her to move to the house of Umm Sharik and then sent her the message that as the first immigrants frequently visit the house of Umm Sharik she should better go to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum the blind and further said In case you put off your head dress he Ibn Umm Makhtum will not see you
16. Ubaidullah Bin Abdullah Bin Utba reported that Amr Bin Hafs Bin AlMughira set out along with Ali Bin Abi Talib Allah be pleased with him to the Yemen and sent to his wife the one pronouncement of divorce which was still left from the irrevocable divorce and he commanded AlHarith Bin Hisham and Ayash Bin Abu Rabia to give her maintenance allowance
17. Massuod reported that his father wrote to Umar Bin Abdullah b AlArqam AlZuhri that he would go to Subaiah Bint AlHirith AlAslamiya Allah be pleased with her and ask her about a verdict from him which Allah Messenger gave her when she had asked that from him in regard to the termination of Idda at the birth of a child Umar Bin Abdullah wrote to Abdullah Bin Utba informing him that Subaiah had told him that she had been married to Saad Bin Khaula and he belonged to the tribe of Amir Bin Luay and was one of those who participated in the Battle of Badr and he died in the Farewell Pilgrimage and she had been in the family way at that time
18. Umm Habiba sent for a perfume having yellowness in it or something else like it and she applied it to a girl and then rubbed it on her cheeks and then said By Allah I need no perfume but for the fact that I heard Allah Messenger say on the pulpit It is not permissible for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to mourn for the dead beyond three days but in case of the death of the husband it is permissible for four months and ten days
19. Zainab said I then visited Zainab hint Jahsh Allah be pleased with her when her brother died and she sent for perfume and applied it and then said By Allah I dont feel any need for the perfume but that I heard Allah Messenger say on the pulpit It is not permissible for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafbler to mourn the dead beyond three days except in case of her husband for whom she can mourn for four months and ten days
20. This hadith was narrated by Zainab from her mother and from Zainab the wife of Allah Apostle or from some other lady from among the wives of the Prophet
21. And she must not wear a dyed garment except one of the types made of dyed yarn or apply collyrium or touch perfume except a little perfume or incense when she has been purified after her courses
22. Umm Atiya Allah be pleased with her said We were forbidden to observe mourning for the dead beyond three days except in the case of husband where it is permissible for four months and ten days and that during this period we should neither use collyrium nor touch perfume nor wear dyed clothes but concession was given to a woman when one of us was purified of our courses to make use of a little incense or scent

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