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Sunan Abu Dawud — Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

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Read Sunan Abu Dawud, Chapter 13: Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq). This chapter contains 138 source records; you are reading page 6. Open a narration to see its permanent reference, available translations and source information.

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  • Regarding Such A Woman Moving To Another Residence
  • Those Who Allowed Her To Change Her Residence
  • What Should A Woman Whose Husband Dies Avoid During Her Waiting Period ?
  • The Waiting Period Of A Pregnant Woman
  • The Waiting Period For An Umm Al-Walad

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ، عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ، زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ أَنَّ الْفُرَيْعَةَ بِنْتَ مَالِكِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، - وَهِيَ أُخْتُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ - أَخْبَرَتْهَا أَنَّهَا، جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا فِي بَنِي خُدْرَةَ فَإِنَّ زَوْجَهَا خَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِ أَعْبُدٍ لَهُ أَبَقُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِطَرَفِ الْقَدُّومِ لَحِقَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَإِنِّي لَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي فِي مَسْكَنٍ يَمْلِكُهُ وَلاَ نَفَقَةٍ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ نَعَمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَوْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ دَعَانِي أَوْ أَمَرَ بِي فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ كَيْفَ قُلْتِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُ مِنْ شَأْنِ زَوْجِي قَالَتْ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ امْكُثِي فِي بَيْتِكِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَاعْتَدَدْتُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ وَقَضَى بِهِ ‏.‏

Furay'ah رضی اللہ عنہا daughter of Malik Ibn Sinan, told her that she came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked him whether she could return to her people, Banu Khidrah, for her husband went out seeking his slaves who ran away. When they met him at al-Qudum, they murdered him. So I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): "Should I return to my people, for he did not leave any dwelling house of his own and maintenance for me? She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied: Yes. She said: I came out, and when I was in the apartment or in the mosque, he called for me, or he commanded (someone to call me) and, therefore, I was called. He said: what did you say? So I repeated my story which I had already mentioned about my husband. Thereupon he said: Stay in your house till the term lapses. She said: So I passed my waiting period in it (her house) for four months and ten days. When Uthman Ibn Affan رضی اللہ عنہ became caliph, he sent for me and asked me about that; so I informed him, and he followed it and decided cases accordingly.

— Zaynab, daughter of Ka'b Ibn Ujrah narrated

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا شِبْلٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ:‏‏‏‏ نَسَخَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ:‏‏‏‏ عِدَّتَهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا فَتَعْتَدُّ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى:‏‏‏‏ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ سورة البقرة آية 240 . قَالَ عَطَاءٌ:‏‏‏‏ إِنْ شَاءَتِ اعْتَدَّتْ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ وَسَكَنَتْ فِي وَصِيَّتِهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِنْ شَاءَتْ خَرَجَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى:‏‏‏‏ فَإِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي مَا فَعَلْنَ سورة البقرة آية 240 ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ عَطَاءٌ:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْمِيرَاثُ فَنَسَخَ السُّكْنَى تَعْتَدُّ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ .

“The following verse abrogated the rule of passing her waiting period with her people. A year’s maintenance and residence. She may pass her waiting period now anywhere she wishes. Ata said “If she wishes she can pass her waiting period with the people of her husband and live in the house left by her husband by will. Or she may shift if she wishes according to the pronouncement of Allah the Exalted. But if they leave (the residence) there is no blame on you for what they do. Ata’ said “Then the verses regarding inheritance were revealed. The commandment for living in a house (for one year) was repealed. She may pass her waiting period wherever she wishes.

— Ibn Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما said

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ الْقُهِسْتَانِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيَّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ هِشَامٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهَذَا لَفْظُ ابْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا تُحِدُّ الْمَرْأَةُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِنَّهَا تُحِدُّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَا تَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا مَصْبُوغًا إِلَّا ثَوْبَ عَصْبٍ وَلَا تَكْتَحِلُ وَلَا تَمَسُّ طِيبًا إِلَّا أَدْنَى طُهْرَتِهَا إِذَا طَهُرَتْ مِنْ مَحِيضِهَا بِنُبْذَةٍ مِنْ قُسْطٍ أَوْ أَظْفَارٍ . قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ مَكَانَ عَصْبٍ:‏‏‏‏ إِلَّا مَغْسُولًا . وَزَادَ يَعْقُوبُ:‏‏‏‏ وَلَا تَخْتَضِبُ .

The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “A woman must not observe mourning for more than three (days) except for four months and ten days in the case of a husband and she must not wear a dyed garment except one of the types made of dyed yarn or apply collyrium or touch perfume except for a little costus or azfar when she has been purified after her menstrual courses. The narrator Ya’qub mentioned the words “except washed clothes” instead of the words “one of the types made of dyed yarn”. Ya’qub also added “She must not apply Henna”

— Umm Athiyah رضی اللہ عنہا reported

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَمَالِكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ هِشَامٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ. وَلَيْسَ فِي تَمَامِ حَدِيثِهِمَا. قَالَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ يَزِيدُ:‏‏‏‏ وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ فِيهِ:‏‏‏‏ وَلَا تَخْتَضِبُ . وَزَادَ فِيهِ هَارُونُ:‏‏‏‏ وَلَا تَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا مَصْبُوغًا إِلَّا ثَوْبَ عَصْبٍ .

The tradition mentioned above has also been narrated by Al‘Umm Athiyah رضی اللہ عنہا from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم through a different chain of narrators. The tradition narrated by Yazid bin Harun from Hisham does perfectly correspond to the tradition transmitted by Ibrahim bin Tahman and Abdullah Al Shami from Hisham. The narrator Al Misma’I reported Yazid as saying “I do not know but that he said “she should not dye herself. ” To this the narrator Harun added “She should not wear colored clothes except one of the types made of dyed yarn. ”

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي بُدَيْلٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ،‏‏‏‏عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا لَا تَلْبَسُ الْمُعَصْفَرَ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ وَلَا الْمُمَشَّقَةَ وَلَا الْحُلِيَّ وَلَا تَخْتَضِبُ وَلَا تَكْتَحِلُ .

The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: A woman whose husband has died must not wear clothes dyed with safflower (usfur) or with red ochre (mishq) and ornaments. She must not apply henna and collyrium.

— Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin رضی اللہ عنہا

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ سَمِعْتُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ الضَّحَّاكِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أُمُّ حَكِيمٍ بِنْتُ أَسِيدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أُمِّهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا تُوُفِّيَ وَكَانَتْ تَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهَا فَتَكْتَحِلُ بِالْجِلَاءِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَحْمَدُ:‏‏‏‏ الصَّوَابُ:‏‏‏‏ بِكُحْلِ الْجِلَاءِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَرْسَلَتْ مَوْلَاةً لَهَا إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَسَأَلَتْهَا عَنْ كُحْلِ الْجِلَاءِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ لَا تَكْتَحِلِي بِهِ إِلَّا مِنْ أَمْرٍ لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ يَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْكِ فَتَكْتَحِلِينَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَتَمْسَحِينَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمّ قَالَتْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ:‏‏‏‏ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ عَلَى عَيْنِي صَبْرًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مَا هَذَا يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّمَا هُوَ صَبْرٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ فِيهِ طِيبٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّهُ يَشُبُّ الْوَجْهَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَا تَجْعَلِيهِ إِلَّا بِاللَّيْلِ وَتَنْزَعِينَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَا تَمْتَشِطِي بِالطِّيبِ وَلَا بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَإِنَّهُ خِضَابٌ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَمْتَشِطُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ بِالسِّدْرِ تُغَلِّفِينَ بِهِ رَأْسَكِ .

Her husband died and she was suffering from sore eyes. She therefore applied collyrium (jAla). Ahmad said: The correct version is glittering collyrium (kuhl al-jAla). She sent her slave-girl to Umm Salamah, and she asked her about the use of glittering collyrium (kuhl al-jAla). She said: Do not apply it except in the case of dire need which is troubling you. In that case you can use it at night, but you should remove it in the daytime. Then Umm Salamah رضی اللہ عنہا said: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم came to visit me when Abu Salamah رضی اللہ عنہ died, and I had put the juice of aloes in my eye. He asked: What is this, Umm Salamah? I replied: It is only the juice of aloes and contains no perfume. He said: It gives the face a glow, so apply it only at night and remove it in daytime, and do not comb yourself with scent or henna, for it is a dye. I asked: What should I use when I comb myself, Messenger of Allah? He said: Use lote-tree leaves and smear your head copiously with them.

— Umm Hakim, daughter of Usayd, reported on the authority of her mother

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَرْقَمِ الزُّهْرِيِّ يَأْمُرُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَى سُبَيْعَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَسْلَمِيَّةِ فَيَسْأَلَهَا عَنْ حَدِيثِهَا وَعَمَّا قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ اسْتَفْتَتْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ يُخْبِرُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ سُبَيْعَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ سَعْدِ بْنِ خَوْلَةَ وَهُوَ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فَتُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمْ تَنْشَبْ أَنْ وَضَعَتْ حَمْلَهَا بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا تَعَلَّتْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا تَجَمَّلَتْ لِلْخُطَّابِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا أَبُو السَّنَابِلِ بْنُ بَعْكَكٍ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهَا:‏‏‏‏ مَا لِي أَرَاكِ مُتَجَمِّلَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَعَلَّكِ تَرْتَجِينَ النِّكَاحَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِنَّكِ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَنْتِ بِنَاكِحٍ حَتَّى تَمُرَّ عَلَيْكِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَتْ سُبَيْعَةُ:‏‏‏‏ فَلَمَّا قَالَ لِي ذَلِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏جَمَعْتُ عَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي حِينَ أَمْسَيْتُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَفْتَانِي بِأَنِّي قَدْ حَلَلْتُ حِينَ وَضَعْتُ حَمْلِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَمَرَنِي بِالتَّزْوِيجِ إِنْ بَدَا لِي . قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ:‏‏‏‏ وَلَا أَرَى بَأْسًا أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ حِينَ وَضَعَتْ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ فِي دَمِهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَقْرَبُهَا زَوْجُهَا حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ.

His father wrote (a letter) to Abdullah bin Al Arqam Al Zuhri asking him to visit Subai’ah daughter of Al Harith Al Aslamiyyah رضی اللہ عنہا and ask her about her story and what the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to her when she asked his opinion (about her). So, Umar bin Abdullah wrote in reply to Abdullah bin ‘Utbah informing him what she told him. She told that she was under (i.e., the wife of) Saad bin Khawlah رضی اللہ عنہ who belonged to Banu Amir bin Luwayy. He was one of those who participated in the battle of Badr. He died at the Farwell Pilgrimage while she was pregnant. Soon after his death she gave birth to a child. When she was purified from her bleeding after child birth she adorned herself for seekers in marriage. Then Abu Al Sanabil bin Ba’kah a man from Banu Abd Al Dar entered upon her and said to her “What is the matter seeing you adorned, perhaps you are seeking marriage? I swear by Allah you cannot marry until four months and ten days pass away. Saubai’ah رضی اللہ عنہا said “When she said this to me, I gathered my clothes on me when the evening came and I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and asked him about that. He told me that I became lawful when I had delivered a child. He suggested me to marry if I wished. Ibn Shihab said “I do not see any harm if she marries when she gives birth to the child, even though she had the bleeding after the child birth, but her husband should not have sexual intercourse till she is purified.

— Ubaid Allah bin Abdullah bin ‘Utbah said

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ عُثْمَانُ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْعَلَاءِ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَاالْأَعْمَشُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مَنْ شَاءَ لَاعَنْتُهُ لَأُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ الْقُصْرَى بَعْدَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الْأَشْهُرِ وَعَشْرًا .

I can invoke the curse of Allah on anyone who wishes: The smaller surat an-Nisa (i. e. Surat at-Talaq) was revealed after the verse regarding the waiting period of four months and ten days had been revealed.

— Narrated Abdullah Ibn Masud رضی اللہ عنہ

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مَطَرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا تُلَبِّسُوا عَلَيْنَا سُنَّةً ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى:‏‏‏‏ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِدَّةُ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرٌ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَعْنِي أُمَّ الْوَلَدِ.

Do not confuse us about his Sunnah. Ibn al-Muthanna said: The Sunnah of our Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم is that the waiting period of a slave-mother whose husband has died is four months and ten days.

— Narrated Amr Ibn al-As رضی اللہ عنہ

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ يَعْنِي ثَلَاثًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَتَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَدَخَلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَتَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ ؟ قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا تَحِلُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَةَ الْآخَرِ وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا .

The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم was asked about a man who divorced his wife three times, and she married another who entered upon her, but divorced her before having intercourse with her, whether she was lawful for the former husband. She said: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم replied: She is not lawful for the first (husband) until she tastes the honey of the other husband and he tastes her honey.

— Narrated Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا , Ummul Muminin

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَقُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ أَيٌّ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مَعَكَ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ أَيٌّ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنْ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى تَصْدِيقَ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ وَالَّذِينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلا بِالْحَقِّ وَلا يَزْنُونَ سورة الفرقان آية 68 الْآيَةَ.

“I asked Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم which sin is the gravest?” He replied “That you associate someone with Allah, while He has created you”. I again asked “Which then?” He replied “That you commit adultery with the wife of your neighbor. ”Allah then revealed the following Quranic verse in support of the statement of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم “Those who invoke not with Allah any other god nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause nor commit fornication. ”

— Abdullah (bin Masud) رضی اللہ عنہ said

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ جَاءَتْ مُسَيْكَةُ مِسْكِينَةٌ لِبَعْضِ الأَنْصَارِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ سَيِّدِي يُكْرِهُنِي عَلَى الْبِغَاءِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَزَلَ فِي ذَلِكَ:‏‏‏‏ وَلا تُكْرِهُوا فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الْبِغَاءِ سورة النور آية 33 .

Musaykah, a slave-girl of some Ansari, came and said: My master forces me to commit fornication. Thereupon the following verse was revealed: But force not your maids to prostitution (when they desire chastity).

— Narrated Jabir Ibn Abdullah رضی اللہ عنہما

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمَنْ يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِكْرَاهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ سورة النور آية 33، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ:‏‏‏‏ غَفُورٌ لَهُنَّ الْمُكْرَهَاتِ .

Quranic verse “But if anyone compels them, yet after such compulsion is Allah oft-forgiving most merciful (to them), said Allah is oft-forgiving to those (slave girls) who were compelled (to prostitution)

— Mu’tamir reported on the authority of his father