Abdullah bin Amr bin Uthman, while still a young man during the rule of Marwan, irrevocably divorced the daughter of Saeed bin Zayd, whose mother was the daughter of Qays. Her maternal aunt Fatimah bint Qays sent word to her instructing her to move out of the house of Abdullah bin Amr.When Marwan heard of this, he sent for the daughter of Saeed and ordered her to return to her residence, asking her what had prompted her to leave before completing her waiting period in her home. She sent word back to him explaining that her aunt had instructed her to do so.Fatimah bint Qays claimed that she had been married to Abu Amr bin Hafs. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed Ali bin Abu Talib as governor of Yemen, her husband went out with him and sent her a divorce, which was the last of his pronouncements of divorce. He instructed Harith bin Hisham and Ayyash bin Abu Rabia to provide her maintenance.She sent word to Harith and Ayyash asking for what her husband had instructed for her, but they replied, "By Allah, she has no maintenance due from us unless she is pregnant, and she has no right to remain in our dwelling except with our permission."She claimed that she then went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned this to him, and he confirmed what they had said.Fatimah asked, "Where shall I go then, Messenger of Allah?"He said, "Move in with Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind man whom Allah has named in His Book."Fatimah said, "So I completed my waiting period at his home. He was a man who had lost his sight, so I would remove my outer garments in his presence, until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me in marriage to Usama bin Zayd."Marwan rejected her account and said, "I have not heard this hadith from anyone before you, and I will follow the ruling we have found the people practicing." Abridged.
أخبرنا كثير بن عبيد قال حدثنا محمد بن حرب عن الزبيدي عن الزهري
أن عبد الله بن عمرو بن عثمان طلق وهو غلام شاب في إمارة مروان ابنة سعيد بن زيد وأمها بنت قيس البتة فأرسلت إليها خالتها فاطمة بنت قيس تأمرها بالانتقال من بيت عبد الله بن عمرو وسمع بذلك مروان فأرسل إلى ابنة سعيد فأمرها أن ترجع إلى مسكنها وسألها ما حملها على الانتقال من قبل أن تعتد في مسكنها حتى تنقضي عدتها فأرسلت إليه تخبره أن خالتها أمرتها بذلك فزعمت فاطمة بنت قيس أنها كانت تحت أبي عمرو بن حفص فلما أمر رسول الله ﷺ علي بن أبي طالب على اليمن خرج معه وأرسل إليها بتطليقة هي بقية طلاقها وأمر لها الحارث بن هشام وعياش بن أبي ربيعة بنفقتها فأرسلت زعمت إلى الحارث وعياش تسألهما الذي أمر لها به زوجها فقالا والله ما لها عندنا نفقة إلا أن تكون حاملا وما لها أن تكون في مسكننا إلا بإذننا فزعمت أنها أتت رسول الله ﷺ فذكرت ذلك له فصدقهما قالت فاطمة فأين أنتقل يا رسول الله قال انتقلي عند ابن أم مكتوم الأعمى الذي سماه الله عز وجل في كتابه قالت فاطمة فاعتددت عنده وكان رجلا قد ذهب بصره فكنت أضع ثيابي عنده حتى أنكحها رسول الله ﷺ أسامة بن زيد فأنكر ذلك عليها مروان وقال لم أسمع هذا الحديث من أحد قبلك وسآخذ بالقضية التي وجدنا الناس عليها مختصر