موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطلاقBook: On the Explanation of Divorce
بَابُ ظِهَارِ الْحُرِّZihar (declaring wife as unlawful) by a free man
Hadith 1157B6
قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى : «وَالَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا قَالُوا » (سورة المجادلة آية 3)، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ تَفْسِيرَ ذَلِكَ : أَنْ يَتَظَاهَرَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ ثُمَّ يُجْمِعَ عَلَى إِمْسَاكِهَا وَإِصَابَتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَجْمَعَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ، وَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا وَلَمْ يُجْمِعْ بَعْدَ تَظَاهُرِهِ مِنْهَا عَلَى إِمْسَاكِهَا وَإِصَابَتِهَا، فَلَا كَفَّارَةَ عَلَيْهِ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Allah the Exalted has said: "Those who declare zihar from their wives and then go back on what they said." This means that after zihar, if a man wants to keep his wife and have relations with her, then Allah the Exalted has made expiation obligatory upon him. But if after zihar he divorces his wife and does not keep her, then there is no expiation. If after divorce he marries her again, he should not have relations with her until he gives the expiation for zihar.
