Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 19214 — A man who gives his wife as a gift

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a man gives his wife as a gift to her own family and they accept her, it counts as three divorces; that woman is then not lawful for that husband until she marries another man. If they refuse to accept her, it is one divorce and the man has the right to take her back. This was also the view of al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him).