Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 13

كتاب تفريع أبواب الطلاق

Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

137 hadith · 50 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب فِيمَنْ خَبَّبَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى زَوْجِهَاChapter: Regarding Someone Who Ruins A Wife For Her Husband.2باب فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تَسْأَلُ زَوْجَهَا طَلاَقَ امْرَأَةٍ لَهُChapter: Regarding A Woman Who Asks Her Husband To Divorce Another Wife Of His.3باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الطَّلاَقِChapter: Regarding The Disliked Nature Of Divorce.4باب فِي طَلاَقِ السُّنَّةِChapter: Regarding The Divorce According To The Sunnah.5باب الرَّجُلِ يُرَاجِعُ وَلاَ يُشْهِدُChapter: A Man Takes His Wife Back Without Any Witnesses.6باب فِي سُنَّةِ طَلاَقِ الْعَبْدِChapter: Regarding The Sunnah For Divorcing Slaves.7باب فِي الطَّلاَقِ قَبْلَ النِّكَاحِChapter: Regarding A Divorce Before The Marriage.8باب الطَّلاَقِ عَلَى غَيْظٍChapter: Regarding Divorcing By Mistake.9باب الطَّلاَقِ عَلَى الْهَزْلِChapter: Regarding A Divorce That Was Said In Jest.10باب نَسْخِ الْمُرَاجَعَةِ بَعْدَ التَّطْلِيقَاتِ الثَّلاَثِChapter: The Abrogation Of Taking Back A Wife After The Third Divorce.11باب فِيمَا عُنِيَ بِهِ الطَّلاَقُ وَالنِّيَّاتُChapter: Regarding Statements That Equate To Divorce, And Intentions.12باب فِي الْخِيَارِChapter: Regarding Allowing The Wife To Choose.13باب فِي أَمْرُكِ بِيَدِكِChapter: Regarding The Phrase: ’Your Matter Is In Your Hands’.14باب فِي الْبَتَّةِChapter: Regarding An Irrevocable (Al-Battah) Divorce.15باب فِي الْوَسْوَسَةِ بِالطَّلاَقِChapter: Regarding Whisperings Of Divorce.16باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ يَا أُخْتِيChapter: Regarding A Man Calling His Wife: "My Sister".17باب فِي الظِّهَارِChapter: Regarding Az-Zihar.18باب فِي الْخُلْعِChapter: Regarding Khul’.19باب فِي الْمَمْلُوكَةِ تَعْتِقُ وَهِيَ تَحْتَ حُرٍّ أَوْ عَبْدٍChapter: Regarding A Slave Woman Who Was Married To Slave A Or Free Man And Then Freed.20باب مَنْ قَالَ كَانَ حُرًّاChapter: Who So Said That He Was A Free Man.21باب حَتَّى مَتَى يَكُونُ لَهَا الْخِيَارُChapter: When Will She Have Such An Option?22باب فِي الْمَمْلُوكَيْنِ يُعْتَقَانِ مَعًا هَلْ تُخَيَّرُ امْرَأَتُهُChapter: If Two Slaves Are Set Free Together, Does The Wife Have The Option?23باب إِذَا أَسْلَمَ أَحَدُ الزَّوْجَيْنِChapter: If One Of The Two Who Are Married Accepts Islam.24باب إِلَى مَتَى تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ إِذَا أَسْلَمَ بَعْدَهَاChapter: Up Till When Will She Be Returned To Her Husband If He Accepts Islam After Her?25باب فِي مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَعِنْدَهُ نِسَاءٌ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَرْبَعٍ أَوْ أُخْتَانِChapter: Regarding A Man Who Was Married To More Than Four Women, Or To Two Sisters, And Then He Accepts Islam.26باب إِذَا أَسْلَمَ أَحَدُ الأَبَوَيْنِ مَعَ مَنْ يَكُونُ الْوَلَدُChapter: If One Of The Parents Accepts Islam, Who Is The Child Given To?27باب فِي اللِّعَانِChapter: Regarding Li’an (Mutual Cursing).28باب إِذَا شَكَّ فِي الْوَلَدِChapter: Doubting The Child’s Paternity.29باب التَّغْلِيظِ فِي الاِنْتِفَاءِChapter: Severe Reprimand Regarding Negating One’s Child.30باب فِي ادِّعَاءِ وَلَدِ الزِّنَاChapter: Claiming An Illegitimate Son.31باب فِي الْقَافَةِChapter: Regarding Al-Qafah.32باب مَنْ قَالَ بِالْقُرْعَةِ إِذَا تَنَازَعُوا فِي الْوَلَدِChapter: Those Who Said That Lots Should Be Drawn If They Differ About The Child.33باب فِي وُجُوهِ النِّكَاحِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَتَنَاكَحُ بِهَا أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِChapter: Regarding The Types Of Marriages That Were Practiced Before Islam.34باب الْوَلَدِ لِلْفِرَاشِChapter: "The Child Belongs To The Bed".35باب مَنْ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَلَدِChapter: Who Has More Right To Take The Child?36باب فِي عِدَّةِ الْمُطَلَّقَةِChapter: Regarding The Waiting Period Of A Divorced Woman.37باب فِي نَسْخِ مَا اسْتُثْنِيَ بِهِ مِنْ عِدَّةِ الْمُطَلَّقَاتِChapter: The Abrogation Of The Waiting Period For One Type Of Divorce.38باب فِي الْمُرَاجَعَةِChapter: Regarding Taking Divorced Women Back.39باب فِي نَفَقَةِ الْمَبْتُوتَةِChapter: Regarding The Maintenance Of One Who Has Been Irrevocably Divorced.40باب مَنْ أَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَChapter: Whoever Rejected What Fatimah Bint Qais Said.41باب فِي الْمَبْتُوتَةِ تَخْرُجُ بِالنَّهَارِChapter: An Irrevocably Divorced Woman Leaving Her House During The Day.42باب نَسْخِ مَتَاعِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا بِمَا فُرِضَ لَهَا مِنَ الْمِيرَاثِChapter: The Abrogation Of Maintenance For A Widowed Woman Because Of The Inheritance Due To Her.43باب إِحْدَادِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَاChapter: The Rulings Of Mourning For Woman Whose Husband Has Died.44باب فِي الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا تَنْتَقِلُChapter: Regarding Such A Woman Moving To Another Residence.45باب مَنْ رَأَى التَّحَوُّلَChapter: Those Who Allowed Her To Change Her Residence.46باب فِيمَا تَجْتَنِبُهُ الْمُعْتَدَّةُ فِي عِدَّتِهَاChapter: What Should A Woman Whose Husband Dies Avoid During Her Waiting Period?47باب فِي عِدَّةِ الْحَامِلِChapter: The Waiting Period Of A Pregnant Woman.48باب فِي عِدَّةِ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِChapter: The Waiting Period For An Umm Al-Walad.49باب الْمَبْتُوتَةِ لاَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهَا زَوْجُهَا حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُChapter: The Thrice Divorced Woman Cannot Return To Her Husband Until She Re-Marries.50باب فِي تَعْظِيمِ الزِّنَاChapter: The Gravity Of Fornication.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Abu Dawud · 2175لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ خَبَّبَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى زَوْجِهَا أَوْ عَبْدًا عَلَى سَيِّدِهِNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Anyone who incites a woman against her husband or a slave against his master is not one of us.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2176لَا تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلَاقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَسْتَفْرِغَ صَحْفَتَهَا وَلِتَنْكِحَ ، فَإِنَّمَا لَهَا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهَاAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying “A woman should not ask for the divorce of her sister to make her bowl vacant for her and to marry him. She will have what is decreed for her. ”5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2177مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ شَيْئًا أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّلَاقِNarrated Muharib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah did not make anything lawful more abominable to Him than divorce.3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2178أَبْغَضُ الْحَلَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى الطَّلَاقُNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet ﷺ said: Of all the lawful acts the most detestable to Allah is divorce.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2179مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا ، ثُمَّ لِيُمْسِكْهَا حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ تَحِيضَ ثُمَّ تَطْهُرَ ، ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّ ، فَتِلْكَ الْعِدَّةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ سAbdullah bin Umar said that he divorced his wife while she was menstruating during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So Umar bin Al Khattab asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this matter. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ s4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2180حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَةً لَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ تَطْلِيقَةً ، بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ . The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Nafi through a different chain of narrators. This version says Ibn Umar divorced a wife of his while she was menstruating pronouncing one divorce. He then narrated the4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2181مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا ثُمَّ لِيُطَلِّقْهَا إِذَا طَهُرَتْ ، أَوْ وَهِيَ حَامِلٌIbn Umar said that he divorced his wife while she was menstruating. Umar mentioned the matter to the Prophet ﷺ. He (the Prophet) said “Order him, he must take her back and divorce her when she is purified (from menstrual6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2182مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا ، ثُمَّ لِيُمْسِكْهَا حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ تَحِيضَ فَتَطْهُرَ ، ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَهَا طَاهِرًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّ ، فَذَلِكَ الطَّلَاقُ لِلْعِدَّةِ كَمَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّAbdullah (bin Umar) said that he divorced his wife while she was menstruating. Umar mentioned the matter to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ became angry and said “Command him, he must take her back and6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2183حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : "Yunus bin Jubair said that he asked Ibn Umar “How many times did you pronounce divorce to your wife? He replied, once. ”7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2184مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا ثُمَّ لِيُطَلِّقْهَا فِي قُبُلِ عِدَّتِهَاYunus bin Jubair said “I asked Abdullah bin Umar “A man divorced his wife while she was menstruating? He said do you know Abdullah bin Umar? He said, yes. Abdullah bin Umar divorced his wife while she was menstruating. S5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2185إِذَا طَهُرَتْ فَلْيُطَلِّقْ أَوْ لِيُمْسِكْAbdur Rahman ibn Ayman, the client of Urwah, asked Ibn Umar and Abu al-Zubayr was was listening: What do you think if a man divorces his wife while she is menstruating? He said: Abdullah ibn Umar divorced his wife while 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2186طَلَّقْتَ لِغَيْرِ سُنَّةٍ وَرَاجَعْتَ لِغَيْرِ سُنَّةٍ ، أَشْهِدْ عَلَى طَلَاقِهَا وَعَلَى رَجْعَتِهَا ، وَلَا تَعُدْNarrated Mutarrif ibn Abdullah: Imran ibn Husayn was asked about a person who divorces his wife, and then has intercourse with her, but he does not call any witness to her divorce nor to her restoration. He said: You div5 narrators