Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that divorce and waiting period (iddah) pertain to women.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that in religion, divorce and waiting period (‘iddah) are related to women.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that divorce and waiting period (iddah) are related to women.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) say that divorce and waiting period (iddah) pertain to women.

The same is also narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Hazrat Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) says that whether a slave woman is married to a free man or a slave, she will become separated (bainah) with two divorces.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if a slave woman is married to a free man, then her divorces are two and her waiting period is also two menstrual cycles, and if a free woman is married to a slave man, then her divorces are three and her waiting period is also three menstrual cycles.