English translation
[3670] 14 - (...) Abū Az-Zubair narrated that he heard 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Ayman, the freed slave of 'Azzah, asking Ibn 'Umar, and Abū Az-Zubair heard that: "What do you think of a man who divorces his wife when she is menstruating?" He said: "Ibn 'Umar divorced his wife while she was menstruating, at the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ." 'Umar asked the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ (about it), saying: "'Abdullāh bin 'Umar has divorced his wife when she is menstruating.' The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Let him take her back.' So he took her back. And he said: 'When she becomes pure, let him divorce her or let him keep her.'" Ibn 'Umar said: "And the Prophet ﷺ recited the words: O Prophet! When you divorce women, divorce them at their 'Iddah (prescribed periods)..."[1]
