Hadith 914
عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما : أن امرأة ثابت بن قيس أتت النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فقالت : يا رسول الله ثابت بن قيس ما أعيب عليه في خلق ولا دين ولكني أكره الكفر في الإسلام فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : « أتردين عليه حديقته ؟ » فقالت : نعم ، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : «اقبل الحديقة وطلقها تطليقة» رواه البخاري وفي رواية له: " وأمره بطلاقها". ولأبي داود والترمذي وحسنه : أن امرأة ثابت بن قيس اختلعت منه فجعل النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم عدتها حيضة. وفي رواية عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده عند ابن ماجه : أن ثابت بن قيس كان دميما وأن امرأته قالت : لولا مخافة الله إذا دخل علي لبصقت في وجهه. ولأحمد من حديث سهل بن أبي حثمة : وكان ذلك أول خلع في الإسلام .
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA): The wife of Thabit bin Qais came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger, I do not find fault with Thabit bin Qais (RA) in respect of character or religion, but I dislike (and fear) that I might commit an act of Kufr fil-Islam (that which is contradictory to Islamic behavior)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked her, "Will you give him back his garden?" And she replied, "Yes," so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, "Accept the garden and divorce her, with one pronouncement (of divorce)." [Reported by al-Bukhari]. Another narration by him has: "He commanded him to divorce her." Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi reported this Hadith and the later graded it Hasan (good): "The wife of Thabit bin Qais got a divorce from him in return for a compensation (paid by her), and the Prophet (ﷺ) made her 'Iddah (period of waiting before re-marrying) one menstruation course." Ibn Majah reported the narration of 'Amr bin Shu'aib, on this father's authority, from his grandfather: "Thabit bin Qais was very unattractive and his wife said, 'Were it not for the fear of Allah, when he entered my presence I would spit in his face.'" Ahmad reported from Sahl bin Abu Hathma's Hadith that it was the first ever husband and wife separation for compensation in Islam.
