This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hussain bin Mubarak Al-Mosuli's Arabic book Al-Awamer wal-Nawahi, whose Urdu translation has been done by Muhammad Sarwar Gohar Sahib under the title Ahkamat o Mamnoaat.
Prohibition of Demanding Divorce
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
أيما امرأة سألت زوجها الطلاق من غير ما بأس فحرام عليها رائحة الجنة
"Whoever a woman demands divorce from her husband without any valid reason, even the fragrance of Paradise is forbidden for her."
Reference: Abu Dawood, Book of Divorce 2226. Tirmidhi, Book of Divorce 1187. Ibn Majah 2055.
Prohibition of a Woman Taking Khula from Her Husband
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
أيما امرأة اختلعت من زوجها من غير بأس لم ترح رائحة الجنة
"Whoever a woman takes khula from her husband without any valid reason, she will not even attain the fragrance of Paradise."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Divorce and Cursing etc. 1186.
And it is also narrated from him that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
إن المختلعات هن المنافقات
"Those who take khula are hypocrites."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Divorce and Cursing etc. 1186.
Prohibition of Zihar
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Tamimah Jahni رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم heard a man calling his wife "my dear sister," and he disliked it and forbade him from doing so.
Reference: Abu Dawood, Kitab al-Talaq 2211.
