WHen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was informed about a man who had divorced his wife with all three pronouncements (without any interval between them), he stood up in anger and said, 'Is Allah's Book being played with while I am among you?" As a result a man got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , shall I kill him?" [Reported by an-Nasa'i; its narrators are reliable (thiqah)].
وَعَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ قَالَ : { أُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ اِمْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثَ تَطْلِيقَاتٍ جَمِيعًا , فَقَامَ غَضْبَانَ ثُمَّ قَالَ :
Abu Rukana divorced Umm Rukana. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told him, "Take your wife back." And he replied, "I have divorced her with three pronouncements." He said, "I have understood, take her back." [Reported by Abu Dawud].
Abu Rukana divorced his wife with three pronouncements, in one sitting. Then, he was grieved about her and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told him, "They (the three pronouncements) are reckoned as a single (utterance of divorce)." [The two Ahadith have Ibn Ishaq, in their chains of narrators, and his reliability has been questioned].
وَفِي لَفْظٍ لِأَحْمَدَ : { طَلَّقَ أَبُو رُكَانَةَ اِمْرَأَتَهُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ وَاحِدٍ ثَلَاثًا , فَحَزِنَ عَلَيْهَا , فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -" فَإِنَّهَا وَاحِدَةٌ } وَفِي سَنَدِهَا اِبْنُ إِسْحَاقَ , وَفِيهِ مَقَالٌ [1] .
Abu Dawud has reported (a Hadith) better than the aforesaid one through another chain, it has:
"Abu Rukana divorced his wife Suhaimah irrevocably and said, 'I swear by Allah that I meant it to be only a single utterance of divorce,' so the Prophet (ﷺ) returned her to him."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "There are three things which, whether undertaken seriously or in jest, are treated as serious: marriage, divorce and taking back a wife after a divorce which is not final." [Reported by al-Arba'a except an-Nasa'i. al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ ثَلَاثٌ جِدُّهنَّ جِدٌّ , وَهَزْلُهُنَّ جِدٌّ : اَلنِّكَاحُ , وَالطَّلَاقُ , وَالرَّجْعَةُ } رَوَاهُ اَلْأَرْبَعَةُ إِلَّا النَّسَائِيَّ , وَصَحَّحَهُ اَلْحَاكِمُ [1] .
al-Harith bin Abu Usamah reported from the Hadith of 'Ubadah bin as-Samit [RA) - tracing it to the Prophet (ﷺ):
"It is not permissible to play in three things: divorce, marriage and emancipation. Therefore, whoever pronounce (either of) them, they certainly become binding." [Its chain of narrators is Da'if (weak)].
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Allah, the Most High, has forgiven my followers what they contemplate on within themselves (i.e. evil thoughts) as long as they do not act upon or speak about them." [Agreed upon].
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - عَنِ اَلنَّبِيِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ : { إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ عَنْ أُمَّتِي مَا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا , مَا لَمْ تَعْمَلْ أَوْ تَكَلَّمْ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ [1] .
The Prophet (ﷺ)) said: "Allah, the Most High, has overlooked my follower's mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do against their will." [Reported by Ibn Majah and al-Hakim. Abu Hatim said that it is not an established (authentic) Hadith].
"If anyone makes his wife unlawful for himself - it is nothing." He said, "Indeed you have a good example in Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ." [Reported by al-Bukhari].
When the daughter of al-Jaun was admitted into the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he went near her, she said, "I seek refuge in Allah from you." He replied, "You have sought refuge in the Supreme [One Who is worthy of refuge being taken in], return to your family." [Reported by al-Bukhari].
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "There is no divorce except after marriage, and no freeing (of a slave) till one has possession (of one)." [Reported by Abu Ya'la and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic), but it is Ma'lul (containing a hidden defective).
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ : { لَا طَلَاقَ إِلَّا بَعْدَ نِكَاحٍ , وَلَا عِتْقَ إِلَّا بَعْدَ مِلْكٍ } رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى , وَصَحَّحَهُ اَلْحَاكِمُ , وَهُوَ مَعْلُولٌ [1] .
Ibn Majah reported a similar narration, on the authority of al-Miswar bin Makhramah, and its chain of narrators is (or appears to be) Hasan (good), but it is also Ma'lul (hidden defect)].
Narrated 'Amr bin Shu'aib on his father's authority from his grandfather:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "No descendant of Adam may make a vow concerning something he does not possess, or set free (a slave) that he does not possess, or divorce (a woman) whom he does not possess (in marriage)." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi reported it; the latter graded it Sahih (authentic), and transmitted from al-Bukhari his statement that it is the most authentic Hadith on this subject].
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "There are three people whose actions are not recorded, a sleeping person till he awakes, a child till he is a grown up, and an insane person till he is restored to reason or recovers his sense." [Reported by Ahmad and al-Arba'a, except at-Tirmidhi. al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)].
He was asked about a man who divorces his wife, then takes her back without taking witnesses (on either). So he replied, "Get witnesses on her divorce, and on her return." [Abu Dawud reported it Mawquf (saying of a Companion), and its chain of narrators is Sahih (authentic)].
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) swore that he would stay away from his wives for a period. He made something unlawful (for himself) (i.e. something not in itself unlawful). So, he made the lawful unlawful, and he made atonement for breaking an oath. [Reported by at-Tirmidhi, and its narrators are reliable (thiqah)].
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: { آلَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَحَرَّمَ, فَجَعَلَ اَلْحَرَامَ حَلَالًا , وَجَعَلَ لِلْيَمِينِ كَفَّارَةً. } رَوَاهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ, وَرُوَاتُهُ ثِقَاتٌ . [1] .
When a period of four months elapses, the one who swears to stay away from his wife must be made to return to her or divorce her, and the divorce is not valid till the husband himself pronounces it. [al-Bukhari reported it].
I met thirteen or more of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), all of them made the one who swears to stay away from his wife, return to her or divorce her (at the end of the period). [Reported by ash-Shafi'i].
وَعَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: { أَدْرَكْتُ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ اَلنَّبِيِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -كُلُّهُمْ يَقِفُونَ اَلْمُؤْلِي } . رَوَاهُ اَلشَّافِعِيّ ُ [1] .
The swearing to stay away from one's wife in al-Jahiliyyah era was for one or two years. Then, Allah appointed a period of four months for it. So, if it is less than four months, it is not swearing to stay away from one's wife. [al-Baihaqi reported it]
A man had vowed to make his wife like his mother (i.e. forbidden for him). Then he had intercourse with her, so he went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "I had intercourse with her before making the atonement." He replied, "Do not go near her till you do what Allah has commanded you to do." Reported by al-Arba'a. at-Tirmidhi graded it Sahih (authentic) but an-Nasa'i held that the stronger view is that it is Mursal (missing link after the Tabi'i)].
وَعَنْهُ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمَا; { أَنَّ رَجُلًا ظَاهَرَ مِنِ اِمْرَأَتِهِ, ثُمَّ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا, فَأَتَى اَلنَّبِيَّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -فَقَالَ: إِنِّي وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ أُكَفِّرَ, قَالَ:
When the month of Ramadan came, I feared lest I would have intercourse with my wife. So, I vowed az-Zihar (the she was like my mother). Then, one night something of her was uncovered to me and I had intercourse with her. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) afterwards said to me, "Set a slave free," and I replied, "I do not possess one (that I can free)." He said, "Then fast two consecutive months." I replied, "Have I fallen into that which I have fallen into except due to fasting!?" He said, "Feed sixty poor people with an 'Araq (basket) of dates." [Reported by Ahmad and al-Arba'a except an-Nasa'i. Ibn Khuzaimah and Ibn al-Jarud graded it Sahih (authentic)].