68/37. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5317 — Remarriage After Divorce and Consummation
Marriage of a divorced woman to another man but he does not consummate his marriage with her
Hadith About Remarrying the First Husband After a Second Marriage
Sahih Bukhari : 5317
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5317
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ رِفَاعَةَ، الْقُرَظِيَّ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً، ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَتْ آخَرَ فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَأْتِيهَا، وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِلاَّ مِثْلُ هُدْبَةٍ فَقَالَ " لاَ حَتَّى تَذُوقِي عُسَيْلَتَهُ، وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ ".
A'isha Narrated from:
Rifa`a Al-Qurazi married a lady and then divorced her whereupon she married another man. She came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said that her new husband did not approach her, and that he was completely impotent. The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to her), "No (you cannot remarry your first husband) till you taste the second husband and he tastes you (i.e. till he consummates his marriage with you).
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5317In-book reference : Book 68, Hadith 66USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 63, Hadith 238
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5317
This hadith about remarriage after divorce explains a specific case. Rifaa Al-Qurazi married a woman and then divorced her. She married another man and came to the Prophet saying that the new husband did not approach her and was completely impotent. The Prophet told her no, she could not remarry the first husband until she and the second husband had tasted each other, meaning the second marriage had been consummated as stated in the translation. The text should be explained carefully: it is not a general talk about all divorce cases, but about returning to the first husband after a later marriage. For searches like can a woman remarry her first husband in Islam, this hadith gives the key condition in this case.
What we learn from this hadith
- The woman asked about returning to her first husband.
- The Prophet did not allow it without consummation of the second marriage.
- The narration is about a specific remarriage-after-divorce case.
- The answer was based on the actual state of the second marriage.
