مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الطلاقBook of Talaq
من قال: على الغائب نفقة فإن بعث وإلا طلقThose Scholars Who Say That a Man Who Is Away Must Still Provide for His Wife; If Not, He Should Divorce Her
Hadith 20136
٢٠١٣٦ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: نا وكيع عن أبي (مكين) (١) قال: كتب عمر بن عبد العزيز: من غاب عن امرأته سنتين فليطلق أو (ليقفل) (٢) إليها.
Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote this letter to his governors: Whoever has been away from his wife for two years should either divorce her or send her maintenance.
