Divorce According To The Sunnah
Darussalam · Volume 3
10. The ChaptersOn DivorceSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2019 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 651
Source no. 2019 · Volume 5 · Page 19
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٢٠٥٩) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٨٩٢ و ١٨٩٥)
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2019. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "I divorced my wife when she was menstruating. 'Umar mentioned that to the Messenger of Allāh and he said: 'Tell him to take her back until she becomes pure (i.e., her period ends), then she has her period (again), then she becomes pure (again), then if he wishes he may divorce her before having sexual relations with her, and if he wishes he may keep her. This is the waiting period that Allāh has enjoined.” (Sahih)
2019 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: طَلَّقْتُ امْرَأَتِي وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ، ثُمَّ تَحِيضَ، ثُمَّ تَطْهُرَ، ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُجَامِعَهَا، وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَهَا، فَإِنَّهَا الْعِدَّةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ»
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Issuing divorce during menses, or during the pure days in which the husband has had intercourse, is an illegal way of divorce. This divorce has the controversial status of it being effective or ineffective. It will take place according to many scholars (like Imam Bukhārī ﷺ), and they said the person giving divorce in such a way will be sinful. Some other scholars said this type of divorce cannot take place at all because it is not in accordance with the Sunnah. Imam Ibn Hazm and Imam Ibn Taimiyah and others, may Allāh have mercy on them, hold this opinion.