موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطلاقBook: On the Explanation of Divorce
بَابُ الْإِيلَاءِOath of abstention (Ila')
Hadith 1152B3
قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُولِي مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ، فَيُوقَفُ بَعْدَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الْأَشْهُرِ، فَيُطَلِّقُ ثُمَّ يَرْتَجِعُ وَلَا يَمَسُّهَا، فَتَنْقَضِي أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا : إِنَّهُ لَا يُوقَفُ وَلَا يَقَعُ عَلَيْهِ طَلَاقٌ، وَإِنَّهُ إِنْ أَصَابَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا، كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهَا، وَإِنْ مَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصِيبَهَا، فَلَا سَبِيلَ لَهُ إِلَيْهَا، وَهَذَا أَحْسَنُ مَا سَمِعْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Whoever makes an oath of abstinence (ila) from his wife, then is compelled after four months, should divorce her and then take her back, and if he does not have intercourse for four months, then he will not be forced before the waiting period is over, nor will divorce take place. And if he has intercourse with her before the waiting period is over, then the woman will remain his. And if the waiting period passes before intercourse, then the husband will have no authority over the woman. Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: This is the best that I have heard in this chapter.
