Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Samit Sudusi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I sent a marriage proposal for a woman. They said to me, "We will not marry you until you divorce your wife." I gave my wife three divorces. They arranged my marriage. After the marriage, they saw that my wife was still with me. They said, "Did you not divorce your wife?" I said, "I did." The woman in my marriage was so-and-so daughter of so-and-so; I divorced her, not this one. Then I went to Shaqiq bin Mujza’ah, who intended to go to Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). I said to him, "Ask the Commander of the Faithful about this matter." He asked, and Hazrat Uthman said, "The intention is what counts."