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3439. Hammād bin Zaid said: "I said to Ayyūb: 'Do you know anyone who said concerning the phrase 'It is up to you' that it is equivalent to three (divorces) except Al-Ḥasan?' He said: 'No.' Then he said: 'O
Allâh! Grant forgiveness, sorry.” Qatâdah narrated to me from Kathîr the freed slave of Ibn Samurah, from Abû Salamah, from Abû Hurairah, that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Three.” I met Kathîr and asked him, and he did not know of it. I went back to Qatâdah and told him, and he said: “He forgot.” (Da’if)
Abû ‘Abdur-Rahmân (An-Nasâ’î) said: This Hadîth is Munkar.
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1. If the husband addresses his wife saying, 'Your matter or command is in your hand' means you have the choice to take divorce; if you desire, you may take it. If the wife states, "I have taken the divorce," how many divorces shall have to be given her? Some individuals are the proponents of three divorces, which means such a woman would be permanently separated from him. But according to the majority of the people of knowledge, only one divorce will be effected upon her, because the term divorce is meaningfully indicative of only one divorce.
2. 'O Allâh! Grant forgiveness!' means I made a mistake, and I said "no" in haste. He sought forgiveness for his hastiness; otherwise the wrong committed out of forgetfulness or done unwittingly stands forgiven by Allâh, Most High.
3. 'Kathir forgot': If some transmitter forgets the Hadîth after transmitting it, but his pupil who transmits the Hadîth is trustworthy, the narration would be reliable. Forgetfulness would not cast any effect upon the authenticity of the report.
