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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Divorce

Sahih Muslim 1471m

Chapter: The prohibition of divorcing a menstruating woman without her consent; If a man breaks this rule, it still counts as a divorce, and he should be ordered to take her back

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1471m

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

وَحَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ، سِيرِينَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ رَجُلٌ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهْىَ حَائِضٌ فَقَالَ أَتَعْرِفُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَإِنَّهُ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهْىَ حَائِضٌ فَأَتَى عُمَرُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهُ

فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَهَا ثُمَّ تَسْتَقْبِلَ عِدَّتَهَا ‏.‏

Yunus b. Jubair reported:

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 with them), for he divorced his wife in the state of menses. 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and asked him, and he (the Holy Prophet) commanded him that he should take her back, and she started her 'Idda. I said to him: When a person divorces his wife, and she is in the state of menses, should that pronouncement of divorce be counted? He said: Why not, was he hopless or foolish?

Reported by Muslim (No. 1471m).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

وَأَمَّا قَوْله : ( فَمَهْ ) فَيُحْتَمَل أَنْ يَكُون لِلْكَفِّ وَالزَّجْر عَنْ هَذَا الْقَوْل , أَيْ لَا تَشُكّ فِي وُقُوع الطَّلَاق وَأَجْزَمَ بِوُقُوعِهِ. وَقَالَ الْقَاضِي : الْمُرَاد ( بِمَهْ ) ( مَا ) فَيَكُون اِسْتِفْهَامًا أَيْ فَمَا يَكُون أَنْ أَحْتَسِب بِهَا ؟ وَمَعْنَاهُ لَا يَكُون إِلَّا الِاحْتِسَاب بِهَا فَأَبْدَلَ مِنْ الْأَلِف ( هَاء ) كَمَا قَالُوا فِي ( مَهْمَا ) أَنَّ أَصْلهَا ( مَامَا ) أَيْ أَيّ شَيْء.…

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