The Book of Divorce

Book 18 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

87 hadith Hadith 3529–3615 Sunni
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Book 18 of 57

The Book of Divorce

Sahih Muslim

87 hadith Hadith 3529–3615 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Divorce is book 18 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 87 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 25 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are 'Aisha and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas, Fatima bint Abi Hubaysh, ibn Umar, ibn Abbas, Zainab bint Salama.

Hadith in This Book 87 hadith

1 3529 Sahih
Command him ('Abdullah b. 'Umar) to take her back (and keep her) and pronounce divorce when she is purified and she again enters the period of menstruation and she is again…
2 3530 Sahih
When 'Abdullah was asked about it, he said to one of them: If you have divorced your wife with one pronouncement or two (then you can take her back), for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)…
3 3531 Sahih
I divorced my wife during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when she was in the state of menses. 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) made a mention of it to Allah's Messenger…
4 3532 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah, but he made no mention of the words of Ubaidullah that he said to Nafi'.
5 3533 Sahih
If you pronounced one divorce or two, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had commanded him to take her back, and then allow her respite until she enters the period of the second menses, and…
6 3534 Sahih
I divorced my wife while she was in the state of menses. 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) made mention of it to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and he was enraged and he said: Command him to…
7 3535 Sahih
I took her back, and counted this pronouncement of divorce (as valid) with which I divorced her.
8 3536 Sahih
Command him to take her back, then divorce her when she is pure or she is pregnant.
9 3537 Sahih
Command him to take her back until she is pure and then she enters the second menses and then becomes pure. Then either divorce her (finally) or retain her.
10 3538 Sahih
One who was blameless (as a narrator) narrated to me for twenty years that Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) pronounced three divorces to his wife while she was in the state…
11 3539 Sahih
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Ayyub with a slight variation of words.
12 3540 Sahih
Umar (Allah be pleased with him) asked Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) about it and he commanded him that he should take her back until she is divorced in the state of purity without having a…
13 3541 Sahih
I said to Ibn'Umar (Allah be pleased with them): A person divorcedhis wife while she was in the state of menses, whereupon he said: Do you know 'Abdullah b. Umar (Allah be pleased…
14 3542 Sahih
I divorced my wife while she was in the state of menses. 'Umar (Allah he pleased wish him) came toAllah's Apostle (ﷺ) and made mention of that to him, whereupon Allah's Apostle…
15 3543 Sahih
I asked Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) about the woman whom he had divorced. He said: I divorced her while she was in the state of menses. It was mentioned to 'Umar (Allah…
16 3544 Sahih
Command him to take her back and when she is pure, then divorce her. I said to Ibn 'Umar Allah be pleased with them): Did you count that pronouncement of divorce? He said: Why not?
17 3545 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation in wording.
18 3546 Sahih
Do you know 'Abdullah b. Umar? He said: Yes. He said: It was he who divorced his wife jn the state of menses and 'Umar went to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and gave him this information.…
19 3547 Sahih
What is your opinion about the person who divorced his wife in the state of menses? Thereupon he said: Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) divorced his wife during the lifetime…
20 3548 Sahih
The story in the above hadith has likewise been narrated through another chain.
21 3549 Sahih
He made a mistake who said that it was 'Urwa; it was in fact the freed slave of 'Azza.)
22 3550 Sahih
Verily the people have begun to hasten in the matter in which they are required to observe respite. So if we had imposed this upon them, and he imposed it upon them.
23 3551 Sahih
Do you know that three (divorces) were treated as one during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and that of Abu Bakr, and during three (years) of the caliphate of Umar (Allah be…
24 3552 Sahih
Enlighten us with your information whether the three divorces (pronounced at one and the same time) were not treated as one during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu…
25 3553 Sahih
Verily, there is in the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) a model pattern for you.
26 3554 Sahih
When a man declares his wife unlawful for himself that is an oath which must be atoned, and he said: There is in the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) a noble pattern for you.
27 3555 Sahih
I and Hafsa agreed that one whom Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) would visit first should say: I notice that you have an odour of the Maghafir (gum of mimosa). He (the Holy Prophet) visited…
28 3556 Sahih
A woman of her family had sent her a small vessel of honey as a gift, and she gave to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) from that a drink. I said: By Allah, we would also contrive a device…
29 3557 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Urwa with the same chain of transmitters.
30 3558 Sahih
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was commanded to give option to his wives, he started it from me saying: I am going to mention to you a matter which you should not (decide) in…
31 3559 Sahih
" Thou mayest put off whom thou pleasest of them, and take for thee whom thou pleasest" (xxxiii. 5). Mu'adha said to her: What did you say to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when he sought…
32 3560 Sahih
The above hadith has likewise been narrated through another chain.
33 3561 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave us the option (to get divorce) but we did not deem it as divorce.
34 3562 Sahih
I do not mind if I give option to my wife (to get divorce) once, hundred times, or thousand times after (knowing it) that she has chosen me (and would never seek divorce). I asked…
35 3563 Sahih
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave option to his wives, but it was not a divorce.
36 3564 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave us the option (to get divorce) and we chose him and he did not count it a divorce.
37 3565 Sahih
Allah's Messeinger (ﷺ) gave us the option (to get divorce), but me made a choice of him and he did not count anything (as divorce) in regard to us.
38 3566 Sahih
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of 'A'isha through another chain of narrators.
39 3567 Sahih
Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with him) came and sought permission to see Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He found people sitting at his door and none amongst them had been granted…
40 3568 Sahih
When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) kept himself away from his wives, I entered the mosque, and found people striking the ground with pebblesand saying: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has divorced…
41 3569 Sahih
I intended to ask 'Umar b. al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) about a verse, but I waited for one year to ask him out of his fear, until he went out for Pilgrimage and I also…
42 3570 Sahih
I came along with Umar until we reached Marr al-Zahran (the name of a place), and the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated by Sulaiman b. Bilal (except with) the variation…
43 3571 Sahih
I intended to ask Umar about those two ladies who had pressed for (worldly riches) during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ), and I kept waiting for one year, but found no suitable…
44 3572 Sahih
" If you both turn in repentance to Allah, then indeed your hearts are inclined (to this)" (Ixvi. 4), until 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) set out for Hajj and I also went…
45 3573 Sahih
I swear by Allah that you have no claim on us. she went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and mentioned that to him. He said: There is no maintenance due to you from him, and he commanded…
46 3574 Sahih
By Allah, I will inform Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and if maintenance allowance is due to me then I will accept that which will suffice me, and if it is not due to me, I will not…
47 3575 Sahih
There is no maintenance allowance for you, and you better go to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum and live with him for he is a blind man and you can put off your clothes in his house…
48 3576 Sahih
There is no maintenance allowance due to you from us. Khalid b. Walid along with a group of persons visited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the house of Maimuna and they said: Abu Hafs…
49 3577 Sahih
I had been married to a person from Banu Makhzum and he divorced me with irrevocable divorce. I sent a message to his family asking for maintenance allowance, and the rest of the…
50 3578 Sahih
Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) reported that she had been married to Abu 'Amr b. Hafs b. al-Mughira and he divorced her with three pronouncements. She stated that…
51 3579 Sahih
This hadith has been transmitted through another chain of narrators.
52 3580 Sahih
By Allah, there is no maintenance allowance for you, except in case you are pregnant. She came to Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) and mentioned their opinion to him,…
53 3581 Sahih
I visited Fatima bint Qais and asked her about the verdict of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about (board and lodging during the 'Idda) and she said that her husband divorced her with an…
54 3582 Sahih
A hadith like this has been trarismitted on the authority of Hushaim through another chain of narrators.
55 3583 Sahih
We visited Fatima bint Qais and she served us fresh dates and a drink of barley flour, and I asked her: Where should a woman who has been divorced by three pronouncements, spend…
56 3584 Sahih
Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) reported from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that there is no lodging and maintenance allowance for a woman who has been given irrevocable…
57 3585 Sahih
My husband divorced me with three pronouncements. I decided to move (from his house to another place). So I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and he said: Move to the house of your…
58 3586 Sahih
I was with al-Aswad b. Yazid sitting in the great mosque, and there was with us al-Sha'bi, and he narrated the narration of Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) that…
59 3587 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ishaq with the same chain of transmitters.
60 3588 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me: When your period of 'Idda is over, inform me. So I informed him. (By that time) Mu'awiya, Abu Jahm and Usama b. Zaid had given her the proposal…
61 3589 Sahih
My husband Abu 'Amr b. Hafs b. al-Mughira sent 'Ayyish b. Abu Rabi'a to me with a divorce, and he also sent through him five si's of dates and five si's of barley. I said: Is…
62 3590 Sahih
I and Abu Salama b 'Abd al-Rahman came to fatima bint Qais (Al! ah be pleased with her) and asked her (about divorce, etc.). She said: I was the wife of Abu 'Amr b. Hafs b.…
63 3591 Sahih
I and Abu Salama came to Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) during the time of Ibn Zubair (Allah be pleased with him) and she narrated to us that her husband gave her an…
64 3592 Sahih
My husband divorced me with three pronouncements and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made no provision for lodging and maintenance allowance.
65 3593 Sahih
Verily, Fatima too went out (of her in-laws' house). 'Urwa said: I came to 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) and told her about it and she said: There is no good for Fatima bint…
66 3594 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, my husband has divorcee me with three pronouncements and I am afraid that I may be put to hardship, and so he commanded her and so she moved (to another house).
67 3595 Sahih
It is no good for Fatima to make mention of it, i. e. her statement:" There is no lodging and maintenance allowance (for the divorced women)."
68 3596 Sahih
Didn't you see that such and such daughter of al-Hakam was divorced by her husband with an irrevocable divorce, and she left (the house of her husband)? Thereupon 'A'isha (Allah…
69 3597 Sahih
My maternal aunt was divorced, and she intended to pluck her dates. A person scolded her for having come out (during the period of 'Idda). She came to Allah's Prophet (may peace…
70 3598 Sahih
What is this that I see you embellished; perhaps you are inclined to marry, By Allah, you cannot marry unless four months and ten days (of 'Idda are passed). When he said that. I…
71 3599 Sahih
Her 'Idda is that period which is longer of the two (between four months and ten days and the birth of the child, whichever is longer). AbuSalama, however said: Her period of…
72 3600 Sahih
They sent him to Umm Salama, but no mention was made of Kuraib.
73 3601 Sahih
I went to Umm Habiba, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), when her father Abu Sufyan had died. Umm Habiba sent for a perfume having yellowness in it or something else like it, and…
74 3602 Sahih
I, am doing it, for I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: It is not permissible for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to mourn beyond three days except the husband…
75 3603 Sahih
This hadith was narrated by Zainab from her mother and from Zainab, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), or from some other lady from among the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ).
76 3604 Sahih
One among you used to spend one year in a dungeon dressed in worst clothes. (And at the end of this period) she threw dung at the dog which happened to pass that way and then she…
77 3605 Sahih
Humaid b. Nafi' narrated two traditions from Umm Salama dealing with collyrium and the other hadith from the wives of Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) except with this that no mention was made…
78 3606 Sahih
Umm Salama and Umm Habiba (Allah be pleased with them) were talking with each other (and saying) that a woman came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and mentioned to him that her daughter…
79 3607 Sahih
I had in fact no need of it, but I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: It is not permissible for the women believing in Allah and the Hereafter to abstain from adornment beyond…
80 3608 Sahih
It is not permissible for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter (or believing in Allah and His Messenger) that she should observe mourning for the dead beyond three days…
81 3609 Sahih
A hadith like this is transmitted on the authority of Nafi'.
82 3610 Sahih
" She should abstain from adorning herself (in case of the death of her husband) for four months and ten days."
83 3611 Sahih
Safiyya bint Abu 'Ubaid narrated this tradition of Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) on the authority of some wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ)
84 3612 Sahih
It is not permissible for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to observe mourning on the dead for more than three (days), except in case of her husband.
85 3613 Sahih
A woman must not observe mourning for one who had died for more than three (days) except for four months and ten days in the case of her husband. And she must not wear a dyed…
86 3614 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of narrators but with a slight variation of words.
87 3615 Sahih
We were forbidden to observe mourning for the dead beyond three days except in the case of husband (where it is permissible) for four months and ten days, and (that during this…