Sayyidah Habibah bint Sahl (may Allah be pleased with her) was a woman whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had intended to marry. Then Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him) proposed to her and married her. There was harshness in the temperament of Thabit bin Qays; he beat her, and she came in the darkness before dawn to the door of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out and said: "Who is this?" She said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am Habibah. Neither I (can stay with Thabit) nor Thabit (with me)." Then Thabit came after her, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Did you beat her?" He said: "Yes, I beat her." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take (it) from her." Habibah said: "O Messenger of Allah, everything he gave me is with me." So Thabit took it from her, and she stayed in her house.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / مسند النساء / 20937