18/1. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 936 — The Book of Divorce
Prohibition of divorcing the woman during menses without her agreement, and if one disobeys, the divorce will take place but the man will be ordered to take her back.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 936
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 936
حديث ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مُرْه فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا ثُمَّ لِيُمْسِكْهَا حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ، ثُمَّ تَحِيضَ، ثُمَّ تَطْهُرَ، ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَ بَعْدُ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّ؛ فَتِلْكَ الْعِدَّةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللهُ أَنْ تُطَلَّقَ لَهَا النِّسَاءُ.
`Abdullah bin `Umar Narrated from:
Narrated 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar رضي الله عنهما that he had divorced his wife while she was menstruating during the lifetime of Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. 'Umar bin Al-Khattâb asked Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم about that. Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Order him (your son) to take her back and keep her till she is clean from her menses and then to wait till she gets her next period and becomes clean again, whereupon, if he wishes to keep her, he can do so, and if he wishes to divorce her he can divorce her before having sexual intercourse with her; and that is the Iddah (prescribed period) which Allâh has fixed for the women meant to be divorced." ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 178, Vol. 7)
