Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Divorce
21- بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {لِلَّذِينَ يُؤْلُونَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ تَرَبُّصُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ} {فَإِنْ فَاءُوا} رَجَعُوا:
(21) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “Those who take an oath, not to have sexual relations with their wives, must wait four months.” (V.2:226)
2 hadith · references 5289–5290
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Bukhari · 5289آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَكَانَتِ انْفَكَّتْ رِجْلُهُ ، فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لَهُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا ،Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took an oath that he would abstain from his wives, and at that time his leg had been sprained (dislocated). So he stayed in the Mashruba (an attic room) of his for 29 days. Then he came down, and th5 narratorsBukhari · 5290لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَ الْأَجَلِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُمْسِكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ أَوْ يَعْزِمَ بِالطَّلَاقِ كَمَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ"When the period of four months has expired, the husband should be put in prison so that he should divorce his wife, but the divorce does not occur unless the husband himself declares it. This has been mentioned by 'Uthm8 narrators·parallel chain