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Muwatta Malik 1239

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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَحُمَيْدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَعُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، كُلُّهُمْ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا تَطْلِيقَةً أَوْ تَطْلِيقَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهَا حَتَّى تَحِلَّ وَتَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَيَمُوتَ عَنْهَا أَوْ يُطَلِّقَهَا ثُمَّ يَنْكِحُهَا زَوْجُهَا الأَوَّلُ فَإِنَّهَا تَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ عَلَى مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ طَلاَقِهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ السُّنَّةُ عِنْدَنَا الَّتِي لاَ اخْتِلاَفَ فِيهَا ‏.‏

Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said that he had heard Said ibn al-Musayyab, Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf, Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud, and Sulayman ibn Yasarall say, that they had heard Abu Hurayra say that he had heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say, "If a woman is divorced by her husband once or twice, and he leaves her until she is free to marry and she marries another husband and he dies or divorces her, and then she marries her first husband, she is with him according to what remains of her divorce."

Malik said, "That is what is done among us and there is no dispute about it."

Reported by Malik (No. 1239).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُ عُمَرَ رَضِى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ طَلَّقَهَا زَوْجُهَا تَطْلِيقَةً أَوْ تَطْلِيقَتَيْنِ يُرِيدُ مَا لَمْ يَسْتَوْعِبْ الثَّلَاثَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهَا حَتَّى تَحِلَّ وَتَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَيَمُوتُ عَنْهَا أَوْ يُطَلِّقُهَا ثُمَّ يَنْكِحُهَا الْأَوَّلُ , فَإِنَّهَا عِنْدَهُ عَلَى مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ طَلَاقِهَا يُرِيدُ إِنْ كَانَ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا الثَّانِي طَلْقَةً , فَإِنَّهَا إِذَا رَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ تَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ عَلَى طَلْقَتَيْنِ , فَإِنْ كَانَ طَلَّقَهَا طَلْقَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الثَّانِي , فَإِنَّهَا إِذَا رَجَعَتْ لِلْأَوَّلِ لَا يَبْقَى لَهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا طَلْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ; لِأَنَّ الزَّوَاجَ لَا يَهْدِمُ مِنْ الطَّلَاقِ إِلَّا الثَّلَاثَ…

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