A man who places his wife's matter in her own hand, and she divorces herself

Masruq said: A man came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "I entrusted the matter of my wife to her, and she gave herself three divorces. What is the ruling now?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) about it, and he said: "In my view it is one divorce, and the man has more right to take his wife back." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That is my view too."

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: If a man said to his wife, "If you cross the threshold of this door, your matter is in your hand," and she crossed the threshold and then gave herself many divorces, what is the ruling? He said: It will be one divorce.

Abu al-Hilal al-Ataki came with a delegation to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: If a man places the matter of his wife in her own hand, what is the ruling? He said: Her matter will be in her own hand.

Abu al-Hilal (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him): If a man entrusts the matter of his wife to her, what is the ruling? He said: Whatever decision she makes will take effect.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whatever decision the wife makes, in the case where she has been given the choice, will take effect.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whatever decision the wife makes, in the case where she has been given the choice, will take effect.

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Fadalah bin Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him).

Abu Iyad said: Whatever decision the wife makes, in the case where she has been given the choice, will take effect.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Whatever decision the wife makes, in the case where she has been given the choice, will take effect.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a man entrusts the matter of his wife to her and she gives herself three divorces, then three divorces take place.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whatever decision the wife makes, in the case where she has been given the choice, will take effect; and if either party denies it, an oath will be taken from him.

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) and al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Whatever decision the wife makes, in the case where she has been given the choice, will take effect.

Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him): If a man entrusts the matter of his wife to her and the woman says, "I have given myself three divorces," what is the ruling? He said: She becomes separated (from him) with three divorces.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If a man entrusts the matter of his wife to her and she gives herself three divorces, one divorce takes place. Then he met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: You have given an excellent opinion.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote concerning a man of Banu Tamim who had entrusted the matter of his wife to her: If she returns the matter to him, then nothing happens; and if she divorces herself, it will be one divorce, and the man has more right to take her back.