Hadith 1177

What Has Been Related About A Man Who Divorces His Wife Irrevocably

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Darussalam · Volume 2

11. The Chapters On Divorce And Li'an From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 466

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English translation

1177. 'Abdullāh bin Yazīd bin Rukānah narrated from his father, from his grandfather who said: "I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I irrevocably divorced my wife.' So he said: 'What did you intend by that?' I said: 'One (divorce).' He said: '(Do you swear) By Allāh?' I said: 'By Allāh.' He said: 'Then it is as you intended.'" (Da'if) (Abū 'Eisā said:) We do not know of this Hadīth except from this route. I asked Muḥammad about this Hadīth and he said: "There is some confusion (Idtirāb) in it; and it has been reported from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbās that Rukānah divorced his wife three times." The people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others differ over the irrevocable divorce. It has been related from 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb that he counted the irrevocable divorce as one, and it has been related from 'Alī that he considered it three. Some of the people of knowledge said it depends on the intention of the man; if he intended one then it is one, and if he intended three then it is three, and if he intended two then it will only count as one. This is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and the people of Al-Kūfah. Mālik bin Anas said about the irrevocable divorce: If he had gone into her, then it is three divorces. Shāfi'i said: "If he intended one then it is one, and he is able to return, and if he intended two then it is two, and if he intended three then it is three."

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١١٧٧ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌قَبِيصَةُ، عَنْ ‌جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ ، عَنِ ‌الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُكَانَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ‌جَدِّهِ قَالَ: «أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي طَلَّقْتُ امْرَأَتِي الْبَتَّةَ». فَقَالَ: مَا أَرَدْتَ بِهَا؟ قُلْتُ: وَاحِدَةً، قَالَ: وَاللهِ؟ قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ! قَالَ: فَهُوَ مَا أَرَدْتَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ. وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ: فِيهِ اضْطِرَابٌ، وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رُكَانَةَ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا. وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ فِي طَلَاقِ الْبَتَّةِ؛ فَرُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَ الْبَتَّةَ وَاحِدَةً، وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَهَا ثَلَاثًا. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: فِيهِ نِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ إِنْ نَوَى وَاحِدَةً فَوَاحِدَةٌ، وَإِنْ نَوَى ثَلَاثًا فَثَلَاثٌ، وَإِنْ نَوَى ثِنْتَيْنِ لَمْ تَكُنْ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً - وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ. وَقَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ فِي الْبَتَّةِ: إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَهِيَ ثَلَاثُ تَطْلِيقَاتٍ. وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: إِنْ نَوَى وَاحِدَةً فَوَاحِدَةٌ، يَمْلِكُ الرَّجْعَةَ، وَإِنْ نَوَى ثِنْتَيْنِ فَثِنْتَانِ، وَإِنْ نَوَى ثَلَاثًا فَثَلَاثٌ.

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