Speaking When One Means What The Words Appear To Mean
Darussalam · Volume 4
27. The Book Of DivorceSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3437 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 158
Source no. 3437 · Volume 8 · Page 9
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٤٢٢٧) // صحيح الجامع الصغير وزيادته الفتح الكبير، مقدمة زهير الشاويش الصفحة (٩ و ١٠) //
Source no. 3215 · Volume 2 · Page 724
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٤٢٢٧: ق [صحيح الجامع الصغير وزيادته الفتح الكبير. مقدمة زهير الشاويش الصفحة ٩ و ١٠].
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3467. It was narrated that ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allāh be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Actions are but by intentions, and each man will have but that which he intended. Whoever emigrated for the sake of Allâh and His Messenger, his emigration was for the sake of Allâh and His Messenger, and whoever emigrated for the sake of some worldly gain or to marry some woman, his emigration was for that for which he emigrated.” (Saḥīḥ)
3437 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُمَرَ - يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِامْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ»
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The purpose of Imâm An-Nasâ’î is that when someone utters a word which bears the possibility of divorcing and also some other connotation, then the divorce would be considered to have been effected only when the speaker had intended it. Otherwise the divorce would be considered ineffective. For instance, somebody tells his wife, “Go away from my house.” (This Hadīth has preceded in detail earlier - see Hadīth 75).