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 20138
٢٠١٣٨ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: نا ابن إدريس عن أشعث عن الشعبي قال: إذا (طالت) (١) (غيبة) (٢) الرجل عن امرأته أنفق على امرأته أو طلقها.
Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when a man has been away from his wife for a long time, he should either provide maintenance to his wife or divorce her.
