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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الطلاق
Book of Divorce
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الطَّلَاقِ بِالْكِتَايَةِ
Chapter: What Has Been Reported Regarding Divorce by Writing
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 7163 — What Has Been Reported Regarding Divorce
عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رضي الله عنه فِي حَدِيثِ تَخَلُّفِهِ عَنْ غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ وَقَدْ هَجَرَهُ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وَالصَّحَابَةُ قَبْلَ نُزُولِ تَوْبَتِهِمْ، قَالَ: حَتَّى إِذَا مَضَتْ أَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً مِنَ الْخَمْسِينَ إِذَا بِرَسُولِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يَأْتِينِي، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَعْتَزِلَ اِمْرَأَتَكَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أُطَلِّقُهَا أَمْ مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ؟ قَالَ: بَلِ اعْتَزِلْهَا فَلَا تَقْرَبْهَا، قَالَ: وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِي بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لِامْرَأَتِي: الْحَقِي بِأَهْلِكِ، فَكُونِي عِنْدَهُمْ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ فِي هٰذَا الْأَمْرِ، الْحَدِيثَ۔
Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates his incident when he stayed behind from accompanying the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battle of Tabuk. Before his repentance was accepted, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions had boycotted him and his two companions. When forty days had passed in this state of being boycotted, the messenger of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me with this message: that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commands you to separate from your wife as well. I asked: Should I divorce her or what should I do? He said: Just separate from her and do not go near her. The same message was sent to my other two companions. So I said to my wife: Go to your family and stay with them until Allah decides concerning this matter. Al-kh.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In this hadith, Sayyiduna Ka‘b radi Allahu anhu used the phrase "al-haqqi bi ahlik" (go to your family) for his wife, but divorce did not take effect from this, because his intention was not to divorce.
