Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Allah, exalted is His praise, says: 'Except one who is compelled while his heart is at rest with faith.' [Surah al-Nahl: 106]
And disbelief has (many) rulings; so when Allah Almighty removed it (from the one who is compelled), the rulings of everything said under compulsion were removed, because when the greatest thing is removed from people, what is smaller than it is also removed."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / Q15094
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Lord of Might, has pardoned my Ummah for mistakes, forgetfulness, and what they are compelled to do."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15094
أَخْبَرَنَاه أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ، أنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ، نا عُمَرُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، وَغَيْرُهُمَا قَالُوا: نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، نا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، فَذَكَرَهُ وَقَالَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا.
The same hadith is also narrated through another chain from al-Walid bin Muslim, in which he said: from Ata, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15095
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Lord of Might, has pardoned my Ummah for mistakes, forgetfulness, and what they are compelled to do."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15096
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Divorce and manumission do not take effect under coercion."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15097
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Divorce and manumission do not take effect under coercion."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15098
Abd al-Malik bin Qudamah bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Hatib al-Jumahi narrates from his father that in the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) a man lowered himself down (on a rope) to collect honey. His wife came and stood over the rope and swore that she would cut it unless he gave her three divorces. He reminded her of Allah and of Islam, but she refused anything except that he give her three divorces, so he divorced her three times. When the man came back up, he came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and mentioned what had happened to him. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Go back to your family, that is, to your wife; this is not a divorce."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15099
Abd al-Malik bin Qudamah al-Jumahi narrates from his father, who narrates this incident from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), except that (in this version) when the matter was brought to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) separated the woman from the man. Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the opposite of this is also reported from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).
(b) Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them), Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) and Abdullah bin Ubayd bin Umayr (may Allah have mercy on him) all said: This divorce is not valid.
Al-Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The first narration is more likely to be correct.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15100
Yahya bin Abi Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The divorce of one who is coerced is not valid."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15102
Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that he was asked about a man whom thieves had coerced into divorcing his wife. He said: Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is nothing."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15103
Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Thabit al-Ahnaf (may Allah have mercy on him) that he married the umm walad (slave-mother) of Abd al-Rahman bin Zayd bin al-Khattab. He said: Abdullah bin Abd al-Rahman summoned me. When I came to him, there were whips laid out before him and an iron shackle, and he had two slaves seated there. He said: "Divorce her, or else!" And he swore an oath, saying: "I will do such-and-such to you." He said: I said: "A thousand divorces." I left him and found Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) on the road to Makkah. I told him my situation, and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) became angry and said: "This is no divorce. Your wife has not become forbidden to you; go back to your family." He said: My heart was not at rest until I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), who was in Makkah at that time. I told him my situation, and he said the same as Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "She is not forbidden to you; go back to your wife." And he wrote to Jabir bin al-Aswad al-Zuhri (who was the governor of Madinah) that he should punish Abdullah bin Abd al-Rahman and that he should not stand between me and my wife. When I arrived, Safiyyah bint Abi Ubayd (that is, the wife of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)) prepared my wife and brought her in to me with the knowledge of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Then I invited Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) to my wedding feast as well.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15105
Thabit al-A'raj said: I married the umm walad (slave-mother) of Abd al-Rahman bin Zayd bin al-Khattab. His son summoned me and also summoned two of his slaves. They tied me up, beat me with whips and said: "Divorce her, or we will surely do such-and-such." He said: I divorced her. Then I asked Ibn Umar and Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both), and they did not count it as a divorce.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الخلع والطلاق / 15106