موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطلاقBook: On the Explanation of Divorce
بَابُ جَامِعِ الطَّلَاقِComprehensive Chapter on Divorce
Hadith 1219
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ، ثُمَّ ارْتَجَعَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا، كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، وَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ فَعَمَدَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فَطَلَّقَهَا، حَتَّى إِذَا شَارَفَتِ انْقِضَاءَ عِدَّتِهَا، رَاجَعَهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ : لَا وَاللَّهِ، لَا آوِيكِ إِلَيَّ وَلَا تَحِلِّينَ أَبَدًا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى : الطَّلاقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ سورة البقرة آية 229، فَاسْتَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ الطَّلَاقَ جَدِيدًا مِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ، مَنْ كَانَ طَلَّقَ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ لَمْ يُطَلِّقْ "
Hazrat Urwah bin Zubair used to say: Previously, it was the custom that a man would divorce his wife, and when her waiting period (iddah) was about to end, he would take her back. He would always do this, even if he divorced her a thousand times. One man did the same with his wife: he divorced her, and when her waiting period was about to end, he took her back, then divorced her again and said, "By Allah! I will neither keep you with me nor let you join anyone else." When Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: "Divorce is twice; then either retain [her] in accordance with what is acceptable or release [her] with good treatment," from that day people began the process of divorce anew—those who had divorced and those who had not, all of them.
