Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 8950 — I attended every sermon that Sayyiduna

Al-Nazzal bin Sabrah said: I attended every sermon that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered in Kufah. One day I heard him when he was asked about a man who gives (his wife) eight divorces, and similar (other) issues. He said: "It is as he said." Then he said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty sent down His Book and made it clear. So whoever approaches a matter from its proper direction, the ruling has been made clear for him; and whoever goes against it, then by Allah! We cannot cope with every one of your contrary ways."