Those Scholars Who Say 'You Are Forbidden to Me' Is an Oath, Not Divorce

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is considered as an oath.

It is narrated similarly through another chain.

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is considered as an oath.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Hazrat Jabir bin Zaid, Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair, Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib, and Hazrat Sulaiman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on them) say that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is considered as an oath.

Hazrat Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that declaring a woman unlawful (haram) and declaring the water of the Euphrates unlawful (haram) is the same.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) say that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is considered as an oath.

Hazrat Abu Qalabah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that some people say that declaring the wife as forbidden results in three divorces, and some say that expiation for an oath must be given, whereas in my opinion, expiation for zihar must be given.

Hazrat Saeed (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) say that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is considered as an oath.

19196 - From Hajjaj, from Abu Ja'far, they said: "The prohibition (haram) is an oath."

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is in the ruling of an oath, and Allah Almighty has prescribed expiation for oaths upon you.

Hazrat Mak'hool (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Sulaiman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) say that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is in the ruling of an oath.

Hazrat Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that, in my view, making a woman unlawful and making a bowl of tharid unlawful are the same.

Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Umar, and Hazrat Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with them) say that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," she will not become forbidden; rather, the expiation of an oath will be obligatory upon him.

Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then this is nothing.

Hazrat Amir, may Allah have mercy on him, says that people think that Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, held the view that if a man declares his wife forbidden to himself, then three divorces take place, and the woman does not become lawful for that husband until she marries another man. By God! Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, never said such a thing, nor do I know of anyone who held this opinion. Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said that I neither declare it lawful nor unlawful; if he wishes, he may proceed, and if he wishes, he may delay.

Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if a person says to his wife, "You are forbidden to me," then he should free one slave, and if he says this to four wives, then he should free four slaves.