It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Mu'adh, Allah Almighty has not created anything on the face of the earth more beloved to Him than freeing slaves, and Allah Almighty has not created anything on the face of the earth more disliked by Him than divorce. So when a man says to his slave: 'You are free, in sha' Allah (if Allah wills),' he becomes free and no exception applies to it; but when he says to his wife: 'You are divorced, in sha' Allah (if Allah wills),' this exception is valid for him and no divorce takes place."
According to the hadith scholars, there is a break in the chain of this hadith, that is, it is a munqati' (broken) narration.
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الوليمة / 1691
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده منقطع
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :قال ابن حجر: هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ . » «أخرجه السنن الكبرى للبيهقي برقم: 15225، وأخرجه سنن الدارقطني برقم: 3985، وأخرجه المطالب العالية لابن حجر برقم: 1691 / 2، وأخرجه مصنف عبد الرزاق برقم: 11331، وأخرجه مصنف ابن أبي شيبة برقم: 18329»