How long an impotent man is given

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: An impotent man is to be given a respite of one year. If he becomes capable, well and good; otherwise the two of them are to be separated. Then let both of them seek the bounty of Allah.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: An impotent man is to be given a respite of one year. If he becomes capable, well and good; otherwise the two of them are to be separated.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) had an impotent man given a respite of one year.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: An impotent man is to be given a respite of one year. If he becomes capable, well and good; otherwise the two of them are to be separated.

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Shurayh that the impotent man should be given a respite of one year from the day his case was brought before the judge.

Al-Sha'bi said that al-Harith bin Abdullah bin Abi Rabi'ah gave a respite of ten months to a man who was unable to have intercourse with his wife.

Ibrahim said: A man who is unable to have intercourse with his wife is given a respite of one year or ten months for treatment.

Al-Hasan and Ibrahim said: The impotent man is given a respite from the day his case is brought before the ruler. Al-Hasan said: He is given a respite of one year. Ibrahim said: I do not remember the period, but he is given a respite from the day his case is brought before the judge.

Al-Hasan and Ibrahim both said: The impotent man is given a respite from the day his case is brought before the ruler. Yunus reported from al-Hasan: He is given a respite of one year. And Mughirah reported from Ibrahim: I do not remember the period, but he is given a respite from the day his case is brought before the ruler.

Amir al-Sha'bi said: The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say that the impotent man is given a respite of one year.

Ata said: The impotent man is given a respite of one year; if he becomes able (to have intercourse), well and good, otherwise the two of them are separated.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The impotent man, and the man who is bound (by sorcery) from his wife, are given a respite of one year.

Ata said: The year is counted for her from the day she brings her case against him.

Al-Hasan said: The impotent man is given a respite of one year; if he becomes able (to have intercourse), well and good, otherwise the two of them are separated.

Yahya bin Sa'id narrates from one of his shaykhs that Sayyiduna Abu Halimah Mu'adh al-Qari (may Allah be pleased with him) married the daughter of Sayyiduna Harithah bin al-Nu'man al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), but he was unable to have intercourse with her. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave him a respite of one year. Yahya said: Yahya bin Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari told me that when the year had passed, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) separated the two of them and said: "All praise is for Allah who has resolved the matter of Harithah's daughter."

Yahya said: Yahya bin Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari informed me that when the year had passed, he (Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him) separated the two of them and said: "All praise is for Allah who has protected his daughter."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the impotent man a respite of one year.

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: The impotent man is given a respite of one year. And in my view this respite runs from the time his case came before the judge.

Nusayr said: I was with Abd al-Malik bin Marwan when a blind impotent man was brought to him, and he gave him a respite of one year for treatment.

Al-Sha'bi said: The impotent man is given a respite of one year.