300 hadith
A freedwoman of Banu Adi named Zabra told him that she had been married to a slave while she herself was a slave girl at the time, and then she was set free. Zabra said, "Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, sent for me and called me in, and…
مالك 1227DaifA man came to Abdullah bin Masud and said, "I have divorced my wife with eight pronouncements of divorce." Ibn Masud asked, "And what have you been told?" The man replied, "I was told that she is now separated from me for good." Ibn Masud…
مالك 1198SahihI performed the Hajj with Adi bin Adi al-Kindi, and he sent me to Safiya bint Shayba, daughter of Uthman the custodian of the Kaabah, to ask her about certain matters she had heard from Ayesha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, reported from the…
أحمد 26360DaifThe wife of Thabit bin Qays came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, as for Thabit bin Qays, I find no fault with him in his character or his religion, but I hate to fall into ingratitude as a Muslim." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
النسائي 3493SahihThe wife of Thabit bin Qays came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, I find no fault with Thabit bin Qays regarding his character or his religion, but I hate the thought of disbelief after embracing Islam." The Messenger of…
الأعظمي 6601SahihThe wife of Thabit bin Qays came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, I find no fault with Thabit bin Qays in his character or his religion, but I hate to fall into disbelief while in Islam." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Will…
البخاري 5273DifficultAyesha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, gave Hafsah bint Abdul-Rahman in marriage to Mundhir bin Zubayr while Abdul-Rahman was away in Syria. When Abdul-Rahman returned, he said, "Is this how someone like me is treated? Is someone like me to be…
مالك 1211SahihNufay, a slave who had a contract of manumission with Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, sought a ruling from Zayd bin Thabit. He said, "I have pronounced two divorces against my wife, who is a free woman." Zayd bin Thabit replied, "She…
مالك 1252DaifI was with Ibn Abbas when a man came to him and said that he had divorced his wife three times. Ibn Abbas remained silent, so much so that I thought he was going to return her to him. Then he said, "One of you goes off and commits an act of…
أبو داود 2197SahihThabit bin Ahnaf reported that he married a slave woman who had borne a child to Abdul-Rahman bin Zayd bin Khattab. He said, "Abdullah bin Abdul-Rahman bin Zayd bin Khattab summoned me, so I came and entered his house, and there I found…
مالك 1284SahihA man from Thakeef gave his wife control over her own affair. She said, "You are divorced." He kept silent. Then she said again, "You are divorced." He said, "May a stone fill your mouth." Then she said once more, "You are divorced." He…
مالك 1209SahihAbdullah bin Amir presented Uthman bin Affan with a slave girl whom he had purchased in Basra, and she had a husband. Uthman said, "I will not go near her until her husband separates from her." So Ibn Amir satisfied her husband, and he…
مالك 1343DaifA man asked the Prophet ﷺ, while he was on the pulpit addressing the people, about a man who had separated from his wife with three pronouncements of divorce, and he mentioned the meaning of it.
أحمد 5278DaifAbu Amr bin Hafs bin Mughira set out with Ali bin Abu Talib to Yemen and sent word to his wife Fatimah bint Qays divorcing her with the final pronouncement remaining from her divorce. He instructed Harith bin Hisham and Ayyash bin Abu Rabia…
الأعظمي 6676SahihHabiba bint Sahl was married to Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas. He struck her and broke one of her limbs. After the dawn prayer, she went to the Prophet ﷺ and complained to him about her husband. The Prophet ﷺ summoned Thabit and said, "Take…
الأعظمي 6603SahihHe divorced his wife with a final, irrevocable divorce, then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What did you intend by it?" He replied, "A single divorce." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
ابن ماجه 2051DaifHe was asked about a man who divorces his wife, then has intercourse with her, without having had witnesses to the divorce or to taking her back. He replied, "You divorced contrary to the Sunnah, and you took her back contrary to the…
الأعظمي 6568HasanWe came in to see him and said to him, "You have seen much good. You kept company with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and prayed behind him." He then narrated the hadith in a manner similar to the hadith of Abu Hayan, except that he said,…
مسلم 6228SahihAbdullah 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…
النسائي 3224SahihFatimah bint Qays, the sister of Dahhak bin Qays, reported that Abu Hafs Ibn Mughira al-Makhzumi divorced her three times, then set off for Yemen. His family told her, "We owe you no maintenance." So Khalid bin Walid went with a group of…
الأعظمي 6275SahihThe sister of Abdullah bin Ubayy, with this account. He asked, "Will you return his garden?" She replied, "Yes." So she returned it, and he ordered him to divorce her. Ibrahim bin Tahman reported from Khalid, from Ikrima, from the Prophet…
البخاري 5274SahihImran bin Husayn was asked about a man who divorced his wife and then had relations with her again without calling witnesses for either the divorce or the reconciliation. Imran replied, "You have divorced contrary to the sunnah and…
ابن ماجه 2025SahihA man came to Abdullah bin Umar and said, "Abu Abdul-Rahman, I placed my wife's affair in her own hands, and she divorced herself. What is your view?" Abdullah bin Umar replied, "I hold that it is as she said." The man said, "Do not do…
مالك 1206DaifA man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I have a wife who is among the dearest of people to me, but she does not refuse the hand of anyone who touches her." He said, "Divorce her." The man said, "I cannot bear to be without her."…
النسائي 3231SahihI came to Madinah and went to Fatimah bint Qays, who told me that her husband had divorced her during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sent him out on a military expedition, and his brother said to me,…
أحمد 27348SahihA man said, "Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who does not refuse the hand of anyone who touches her." He said, "Divorce her." The man replied, "I cannot bear to be without her." He said, "Then keep her." Abu Abdul-Rahman said, "This is a…
النسائي 3495SahihImran bin Husayn was asked about a man who divorces his wife, then has intercourse with her, without having any witnesses to the divorce or to the taking back. He replied, "You divorced contrary to the Sunnah and you took her back contrary…
أبو داود 2186HasanI was with Abu Umar bin Hafs bin Mughira, and he had divorced me twice. Then he set out with Ali bin Abu Talib to Yemen when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched him there, and he sent me my third pronouncement of divorce. The one in charge…
أحمد 27334SahihHe heard Ibn Shihab say concerning a man who says to his wife, "You are quit of me and I am quit of you," that this amounts to three pronouncements of divorce, having the same standing as an absolute divorce.
مالك 1205SahihZayd bin Arqam reported, "We came in to see him and said to him, 'You have witnessed great good. You accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and prayed behind him.'" He then narrated the hadith in a manner similar to the report of Abu Hayan,…
الأعظمي 9985SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My wife does not refuse the hand of anyone who touches her." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Divorce her, if you wish." The man said, "I fear that my heart will keep longing for her." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then…
النسائي 3494SahihA man came to ask Abdullah bin Amr bin As about a man who divorced his wife three times before ever touching her. Ata said, "I remarked that the divorce of a woman not yet touched counts as only one." Abdullah bin Amr bin As said to me,…
مالك 1239SahihI was with a man from Banu Makhzum, and he divorced me with an irrevocable divorce. He then narrated something similar to the hadith of Malik, in which he said, "Do not commit yourself elsewhere without consulting me."
أبو داود 2287SahihI came to Madinah and went to Fatimah bint Qays, who told me that her husband had divorced her during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sent him out on a military expedition. She said, "His brother said to…
أحمد 27100SahihAbdullah bin Umar divorced a wife of his who was living in the dwelling of Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and his route to the masjid ran past it. So he would take the other route, around behind the houses, because he did not want to…
مالك 1269SahihThe wife of Rifa came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I was married to Rifa, but he divorced me with a final, irrevocable divorce. Then I married Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr, but what he has is like the fringe of a garment." The Messenger of Allah…
مسلم 3526SahihNufay, a slave who had contracted with Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, for his freedom, pronounced divorce twice against a free woman who was his wife. He then asked Uthman bin Affan for a ruling, and Uthman told him, "She is now…
مالك 1251SahihAbu Amr bin Hafs bin Mughira set out with Ali bin Abu Talib for Yemen, and he sent word to Fatimah bint Qays pronouncing the one divorce that remained of her divorce. He instructed Harith bin Hisham and Ayyash bin Abu Rabia to provide her…
أحمد 27337SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "If a woman claims that her husband has divorced her and brings forward a single upright witness to support her claim, the husband is required to take an oath. If he swears, the witness's testimony is nullified. If he…
ابن ماجه 2038DaifA man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, I have a wife who does not refuse the hand of any man who touches her." He said, "Divorce her." The man said, "I love her, and she is beautiful." He said, "Then enjoy…
الأعظمي 6292HasanMy husband, Abu Amr bin Hafs bin Mughira, sent Ayyash bin Abu Rabia to me with my divorce, and he sent me five measures of barley. I said, "Is this all the maintenance I get? And am I not to spend my waiting period in your house?" He…
أحمد 27321SahihHe divorced his wife with the irrevocable formula, and this was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What did you intend by it?" He replied, "A single divorce." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "By Allah?" He answered, "By Allah." The…
أحمد 24009.91DaifHabibah, daughter of Sahl, was married to Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas al-Ansari. She came to dislike him, for he was a man of unattractive appearance. So she went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, when I see him, were it not…
أحمد 16095HasanHe divorced his wife with a final, irrevocable divorce, then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What did you intend?" He replied, "A single divorce." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Allah?" He said, "By…
أبو داود 2208DaifMarwan sent for Fatimah and questioned her, and she told him that she had been married to Abu Hafs. The Prophet ﷺ had appointed Ali bin Abu Talib over part of Yemen, and her husband went out with him. From there, her husband sent her the…
أبو داود 2290SahihThe wife of Rifa Qurazi came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I was married to Rifa, and he divorced me with a final, irrevocable divorce. Then I married Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr, but all he has is like the fringe of a garment." The Prophet ﷺ…
البخاري 2639SahihHabiba bint Sahl was married to Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas. He struck her and broke one of her limbs, so she came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after the morning prayer and complained to him about her husband. The Prophet ﷺ summoned Thabit…
أبو داود 2228HasanThe wife of Rifa came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I was married to Rifa, and he divorced me with a final, irrevocable divorce. Then I married Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr, but what he has is like the fringe of a garment." The Messenger of Allah…
الأعظمي 6487SahihThe wife of Rifa Qurazi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I was married to Rifa, and he divorced me with a final, irrevocable divorce. Then I married Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr, but all he has is like the fringe of a garment." He…
الترمذي 1118SahihA slave divorced his wife with two pronouncements of divorce, then both of them were freed. May he marry her again? He answered, "Yes." It was asked, "On whose authority?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave this verdict."…
النسائي 3458DaifAbu Amr bin Hafs bin Mughira set out with Ali bin Abu Talib to Yemen. He sent word to his wife Fatimah bint Qays pronouncing the final divorce that remained of her divorces, and he instructed Harith bin Hisham and Ayyash bin Abu Rabia to…
مسلم 3704SahihAbu Salama and I went to visit Fatimah bint Qays. She said, "My husband divorced me and did not provide me with lodging or maintenance. He left ten measures with a cousin of his for me, five of barley and five of dates. So I went to the…
أحمد 27332SahihRafi bin Khadij married the daughter of Muhammad bin Maslama Ansari. She remained with him until she grew old, and then he married a young woman alongside her and began to favor the younger wife over her. So she pressed him for a divorce,…
مالك 1196SahihHe was asked about a man who divorces his wife, then has intercourse with her, without calling witnesses to the divorce or to taking her back. He replied, "You divorced contrary to the sunnah, and you took her back contrary to the sunnah.…
الأعظمي 13577HasanRifa Qurazi divorced his wife with an irrevocable divorce. After him, Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr married her. She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Prophet of Allah, I was married to Rifa, and he gave me the last of three divorces. After him, I…
أحمد 25892SahihThe wife of Rifa Qurazi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I was married to Rifa, and he divorced me with a final, irrevocable divorce. Then I married Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr, but what he has is like the fringe of a garment." The…
ابن ماجه 1932SahihRifa Qurazi divorced his wife with an irrevocable divorce, after which Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr married her. She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, I was with Rifa and he gave me the last of three divorces. Then…
الأعظمي 13881SahihRifa Qurazi divorced his wife with an irrevocable divorce. After him, Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr married her. She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, I was married to Rifa, and he gave me the last of three divorces. Then…
البخاري 6084SahihThe wife of Uthman bin Mazun used to dye her hands with henna and apply perfume, but then she stopped. She came in to visit me, and I asked her, "Is your husband present or away?" She replied, "Present, but as if absent." I asked her, "What…
أحمد 24753DifficultThe wife of Rifa Qurazi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I was married to Rifa, and he divorced me with a final, irrevocable divorce. Then I married Abdul-Rahman bin Zubayr, but all he has is like the fringe of a garment." The…
أحمد 24098Sahih