A man who divorces his wife, and another man marries her to make her lawful for him

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If a man who performs tahlil is brought to me, or the man for whom tahlil was performed, I will have them stoned."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Allah Almighty has cursed the one who performs tahlil, the one for whom it is performed, and the woman with whom it is performed."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked: "What about making a woman lawful for her (former) husband?" He said: "That is fornication; had Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) been here, he would have made you an example for this deed."

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: "The one who performs tahlil is accursed."

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) and al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If any one of the three intends (tahlil), the marriage becomes void."

(Hushaym narrated) from Yunus from al-Hasan; they (Ibrahim and al-Hasan) both said: "If any one of the three intends (tahlil), the marriage becomes void."

Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "I asked al-Hakam and Hammad: if a man marries a woman in order to make her lawful for her (former) husband, what is the ruling?" Al-Hakam said: "He should keep her." Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "In my view it is better that he separates from her."

And Hammad said: "I prefer that he separates from her."

Jabir bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him), concerning a man who married a woman in order to make her lawful for her (former) husband while he did not know of it, said: "If he married her only to make her lawful, that is not right."

Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The one who performs tahlil and the one for whom tahlil is performed have both been cursed."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who performs tahlil and the one for whom it is performed."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who performs tahlil and the one for whom it is performed."

Amr bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: "If a man divorces his wife, then a man from the village comes, without the husband's knowledge or hers, takes out some of his wealth and marries her on the basis that he will make her lawful for the (first) husband, what is the ruling on this?" He said: "That is not right." (He added that) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked this same question, and he said: "That is not right. He must not marry her except out of his own desire; he must not marry her except out of his own desire. If he does that, she does not become lawful for the first husband until she tastes his honey ('usaylah)."

Abbad bin Mansur (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and said: "A man from my people divorced his wife three times; then he and his wife regretted it. I wish to marry this woman, give her her dowry, then consummate the marriage with her, and then divorce her so that she becomes lawful for her first husband. What is the ruling on this?" Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said to him: "O young man! Fear Allah, and do not become a nail of fire in the limits of Allah Almighty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who performs tahlil and the one who has it performed.