موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطلاقBook: On the Explanation of Divorce
بَابُ جَامِعِ الطَّلَاقِComprehensive Chapter on Divorce
Hadith 1220
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الدِّيلِيِّ، أَنَّ " الرَّجُلَ كَانَ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ ثُمَّ يُرَاجِعُهَا، وَلَا حَاجَةَ لَهُ بِهَا، وَلَا يُرِيدُ إِمْسَاكَهَا كَيْمَا يُطَوِّلُ بِذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةَ لِيُضَارَّهَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى : وَلا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِتَعْتَدُوا وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُ سورة البقرة آية 231 يَعِظُهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ
It is narrated from Thawr bin Zayd Daili that in earlier times people used to divorce their wives and then take them back, but they did not intend to keep them, so that their waiting period ('iddah) would be prolonged and they would be harmed. Then Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: "Do not retain women to harm them; whoever does so has wronged his own soul." Allah the Exalted admonishes people with this.
