What is recommended in Sunnah divorce, and how it is done

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that whoever wishes to divorce in the true sense should give only one divorce, then leave the woman and let three menstrual periods pass.

Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Sunnah divorce is that a man divorces his wife in a purity without intercourse, then lets her 'iddah pass.

Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Sunnah divorce is that a man gives one divorce, then leaves her until she becomes irrevocably separated (ba'in).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if people hit upon the proper limit of divorce, no man would regret divorcing his wife: he should give the woman one divorce and then leave her until she has menstruated three times.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the predecessors used to consider it recommended that a man give his wife one divorce, then leave her for three menstrual periods.

Al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Sunnah divorce is that a man divorces his wife and then leaves her until her 'iddah has passed.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: What is wrong with people, that a man says to his wife, 'Go to your family!' and then divorces her while she is among her family? And he forbade this strongly.

Abd al-Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: By that he meant the 'iddah.