He divorced his wife while she was menstruating, pronouncing a single divorce. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to take her back, then keep her until she became pure, then menstruate again with him, then wait until she became pure from that menstruation. Then, if he wished to divorce her, he should divorce her when she became pure, before having intercourse with her. That is the waiting period during which Allah commanded that women be divorced.Ibn Rumh added in his narration that whenever Abdullah was asked about this, he would say to one of them, "If you have divorced your wife once or twice, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to do this. But if you have divorced her three times, then she has become forbidden to you until she marries another husband, and you have disobeyed Allah in what He commanded you regarding the divorce of your wife."Muslim said, Layth was precise in his wording, "a single divorce."
حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى وقتيبة وابن رمح واللفظ ليحيى قال قتيبة حدثنا ليث وقال الآخران أخبرنا الليث بن سعد عن نافع
أنه طلق امرأة له وهي حائض تطليقة واحدة فأمره رسول الله ﷺ أن يراجعها ثم يمسكها حتى تطهر ثم تحيض عنده حيضة أخرى ثم يمهلها حتى تطهر من حيضتها فإن أراد أن يطلقها فليطلقها حين تطهر من قبل أن يجامعها فتلك العدة التي أمر الله أن يطلق لها النساء وزاد ابن رمح في روايته وكان عبد الله إذا سئل عن ذلك قال لأحدهم أما أنت طلقت امرأتك مرة أو مرتين فإن رسول الله ﷺ أمرني بهذا وإن كنت طلقتها ثلاثا فقد حرمت عليك حتى تنكح زوجا غيرك وعصيت الله فيما أمرك من طلاق امرأتك قال مسلم جود الليث في قوله تطليقة واحدة