Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31042 — Book of the Judgments

Abu al-Hasan, a freed slave of Banu Nawfal, said: My wife and I were both slaves, and I gave my wife two divorces. After I had divorced her, we were both set free. I then wished to take my wife back, so I went to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) to seek a fatwa about taking her back. He said: "If you take her back, you will have the right to one divorce, and the right to two divorces has ended, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled in this way."