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Bayhaqi 14951 — Reports on enforcing three divorces even if pronounced

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَا: نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثُمَّ ارْتَجَعَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ فَعَمَدَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ لَهُ فَطَلَّقَهَا ثُمَّ أَمْهَلَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا شَارَفَتِ انْقِضَاءَ عِدَّتِهَا ارْتَجَعَهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا وَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أُؤْوِيكِ إِلِيَّ وَلَا تَخْلِينَ أَبَدًا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {الطَّلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِ فَإِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌ بِإِحْسَانٍ} [البقرة: ٢٢٩] فَاسْتَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ الطَّلَاقَ جَدِيدًا مِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ طَلَّقَ أَوْ لَمْ يُطَلِّقْ " هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ وَهُوَ الصَّحِيحُ قَالَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ.
Hisham bin Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father: When a man divorced his wife and then took her back before her waiting period ended, she would remain his, even if he gave a thousand divorces. Then a man went to his wife and divorced her, then gave her time, and when her waiting period was about to end, he took her back and then divorced her again, and said: I will neither keep you with me nor let you go. So Allah, the Lord of Might, said: "Divorce is twice; then either retain her in an acceptable manner or release her with kindness." [Surah al-Baqarah: 229] So from that day people began divorce afresh, whether one had divorced or had not divorced.
This is mursal, and that is the correct (version); al-Bukhari and others said so.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 14951
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