السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الرجعة
Book of Taking Back a Divorced Wife
باب: ما جاء في قول الله عز وجل: {وإذا طلقتم النساء فبلغن أجلهن فأمسكوهن بمعروف أو سرحوهن بمعروف ولا تمسكوهن ضرارا}
Reports on the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: "And when you divorce women and they reach the end of their term, either retain them honourably or release them honourably, and do not retain them to harm them"
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بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا} [البقرة: 231].
Chapter: What has come concerning this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "And when you divorce women and they reach (near) their term, then retain them according to what is acceptable or release them according to what is acceptable, and do not retain them to harm them." [Surah al-Baqarah: 231]
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ، أَنَا الرَّبِيعُ، أَنَا الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ: إِذَا شَارَفْنَ بُلُوغَ أَجَلِهِنَّ فَرَاجِعُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ دَعُوهُنَّ تَنْقَضِي عِدَّتُهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَنَهَاهُمْ أَنْ يُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِيَعْتَدُوا فَلَا يَحِلُّ إِمْسَاكُهُنَّ ضِرَارًا.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says concerning this verse: When their term is close to completion, then take them back in a good manner or leave them so that their iddah is completed; and He has forbidden retaining them with the intention of causing harm, so no one should retain them for that purpose.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، نا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، نا آدَمُ، نا وَرْقَاءُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ: {وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا} [البقرة: ٢٣١] قَالَ: " الضِّرَارُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ تَطْلِيقَةً ثُمَّ يُرَاجِعَهَا عِنْدَ آخِرِ يَوْمٍ يَبْقَى مِنَ الْأَقْرَاءِ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقَهَا ثُمَّ يُرَاجِعَهَا عِنْدَ آخِرِ يَوْمٍ يَبْقَى مِنَ الْأَقْرَاءِ يُضَارُّهَا بِذَلِكَ ".
Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And do not retain them to harm them" [Surah al-Baqarah: 231], that harm (dirar) is that a husband divorces his wife and, one day before the end of the iddah, takes her back and then divorces her, and keeps doing so in the same way; this is causing harm.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا: نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْأَعْلَمِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ ٢٠ {وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِتَعْتَدُوا} [البقرة: ٢٣١] قَالَ: " هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا أَشْهَدَ عَلَى رَجْعَتِهَا ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا فَإِذَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا أَشْهَدَ عَلَى رَجْعَتِهَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُطَوِّلَ عَلَيْهَا " وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ مَسْرُوقِ بْنِ الْأَجْدَعِ مَعْنَى هَذَا.
Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) says concerning this verse: "And do not retain them to harm them, so as to transgress" [Surah al-Baqarah: 231]: The husband would divorce his wife, take her back before the iddah ended, and then divorce her again; when the iddah was about to be completed, he would have witnesses to the taking back and then divorce her, so that her term would be made longer.
