A man who swears off his wife (ila) and four months pass: those who said it is a divorce

Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding ila' (an oath to abstain from one's wife): When four months pass, it is one divorce, and after that the woman has more right over herself.

Sayyiduna al-Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) made ila' from his wife, so Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When four months have passed, the woman becomes irrevocably separated by one divorce.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When a man makes ila' and four months pass, the woman becomes irrevocably separated by one divorce.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When a man makes ila' from his wife and does not return to her until four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce for the woman.

Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the governor of Makkah asked Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) about ila', and he said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: When four months pass, the woman becomes the owner of her own affair.

And Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) also used to say the same.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The resolve ('azimah) of divorce is the passing of the four months, and the return (fay') is intercourse.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce.

Qabisah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Ibn al-Hanafiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce.

And it is also reported from Ibn al-Hanafiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him); they both said: When four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce, and she has more right over herself.

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When the four months of ila' pass, it is one irrevocable divorce.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I informed Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) of Masruq's statement, and he adopted it.

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass, it is one irrevocable divorce, and she has more right over herself.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) and Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass in ila', it is one divorce, and he (the husband) has more right to take her back.

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass, it is one divorce, and he (the husband) has more right over her to take her back.

Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man from the descendants of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) swore ila' from his wife, and she remained like that for six months. Once, while he was sitting in a gathering, he remembered the ila'. He went to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him, and he said: "Tell her that she has become the owner of her own affair." The man came to her and informed her, and she said: "I am still your wife." And the man gave her a ratl as her dowry.

Jarir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I read in the writing of Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) that was with Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him): "I asked Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) and Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) about ila', and they said: When four months pass, it is one divorce."

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When four months pass, it is a final (ba'in) divorce. During her waiting period her husband may send her a proposal of marriage, but no one else may.