Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) considered divorce given in the state of shirk to be valid.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Shabi (may Allah have mercy on him) considered divorce given in the state of polytheism to be valid.

20220 - (W) (1) From Ibn Salim, from al-Sha'bi, that both of them used to consider (divorce) (2) of shirk permissible.

Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) did not consider a divorce given in the state of polytheism to be valid.

Hazrat Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Ata whether this has reached you regarding the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he maintained for the people of ignorance the rules of marriage and divorce that were prevalent among them? He replied, yes, it is so.

Hazrat Sha’bah, may Allah have mercy on him, says that I asked Hazrat Hakam and Hazrat Hammad about the divorce given in the state of polytheism, so they said that it is valid.

Hazrat Aamir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Islam has increased in strictness.

Hazrat Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man gave his wife two divorces during the period of ignorance. Then he accepted Islam and gave his wife one divorce in Islam. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (may Allah be pleased with him) about this matter, so he replied that the divorce given in the state of polytheism has no validity.