Bulugh al-Maram
Marriage — Hadith #1277
وَعَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ -فِي قِصَّةِ اَلْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ- قَالَ: { فَلَمَّا فَرَغَا مِنْ تَلَاعُنِهِمَا قَالَ: كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ! إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا, فَطَلَّقَهَا ثَلَاثًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -} مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . 1 .1 - صحيح. رواه البخاري (5308) ومسلم (1492) (1).
When they finished invoking curses regarding one another the man said, “I shall have lied against her, O Allah’s Messenger, if I keep her (as a wife).” He, then, pronounced her divorce three times, even before Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) commanded him to do so.
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