# Sunan Abi Dawud - Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

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**2 hadith**

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## Hadith #2196

**Book:** Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Kathir al-Dari عبد الله بن كثير الداري, Ayoub al-Sakhtiyani أيوب السختياني, Hameed bin Musa'da bin al-Mubarak حميد بن مسعدة بن المبارك, Mujahid bin Jabir مجاهد بن جبر | **Grade:** Hasan

Abd Yazid, the father of Rukanah and his brothers, divorced Umm Rukanah and married a woman of the tribe of Muzaynah. She went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: He is of no use to me except that he is as useful to me as a hair; and she took a hair from her head. So separate me from him. The Prophet (ﷺ) became furious. He called on Rukanah and his brothers. He then said to those who were sitting beside him. Do you see so-and-so who resembles Abdu Yazid in respect of so-and-so; and so-and-so who resembles him in respect of so-and-so? They replied: Yes. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Abdu Yazid: Divorce her. Then he did so. He said: Take your wife, the mother of Rukanah and his brothers, back in marriage. He said: I have divorced her by three pronouncements, Messenger of Allah. He said: I know: take her back. He then recited the verse: “O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them at their appointed periods.”
Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Nafi’ b. ‘Ujair and ‘Abd Allah b. Yazid b. Rukanah from his father on the authority of his grandfather reads: Rukanah divorced his wife absolutely (i.e. irrevocable divorce). The Prophet (ﷺ) restored her to him. This version is sounder (than other versions), for they (i.e. these narrators) are the children of his man, and the members of the family are more aware of his case. Rukanah divorced his wife absolutely (i.e. three divorces in one pronouncement) and the Prophet (ﷺ) made it a single divorce.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2196/)*

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## Hadith #3462

**Book:** Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Abi Najih عبد الله بن أبي نجيح, Abdullah bin Kathir al-Dari عبد الله بن كثير الداري, Abu Ja'far al-Nafaili عبد الله بن محمد أبو جعفر النفيلي الحران, ibn Abbas, Siyar bin Salaama, Abu al-Minhal سيار بن سلامة الرياحي أبو المنهال, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري | **Grade:** Sahih

I heard the Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ) say: When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3462/)*

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