27/11. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3410 — “It Is Up to You” Divorce Phrase
It Is Up To You
“It Is Up to You” in Divorce: A Report Marked Munkar
Sunan an-Nasai : 3410
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3410
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَيُّوبَ هَلْ عَلِمْتَ أَحَدًا قَالَ فِي أَمْرِكِ بِيَدِكِ أَنَّهَا ثَلاَثٌ غَيْرَ الْحَسَنِ فَقَالَ لاَ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ غَفْرًا إِلاَّ مَا حَدَّثَنِي قَتَادَةُ عَنْ كَثِيرٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " ثَلاَثٌ " . فَلَقِيتُ كَثِيرًا فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى قَتَادَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ نَسِيَ . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ .
Hammād bin Zayd Narrated from:
I said to Ayyub: 'Do you know anyone who said concerning the phrase 'It is up to you' that it is equivalent to three (divorces) except Al-Hasan?' He said: 'No.' Then he said: 'O Allah! Grant forgiveness, sorry.'" Qatadah narrated to me from Kathir the freed slave of Ibn Samurah, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet said: "Three." I met Kathir and asked him, and he did not know of it. I went back to Qatadah and told him, and he said: "He forgot."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3410In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 22English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3439
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3410
This Hadith discusses the phrase, “It is up to you,” in a divorce setting. Hammad bin Zaid asked Ayyub whether he knew anyone who said that this phrase counted as three divorces except Al-Hasan. Ayyub first said no, then mentioned a narration from Qatadah through Kathir from Abu Salamah from Abu Hurairah, in which the Prophet was reported to have said, “Three.” Hammad then met Kathir and asked him, but Kathir did not know the report. When Hammad returned to Qatadah, Qatadah said that Kathir had forgotten. The narration ends with Abu 'Abdur-Rahman saying that this Hadith is munkar. The key point for readers is that the report itself includes a warning about its reliability.
What we learn from this hadith
- Reports about divorce wording need careful checking.
- The narration itself records uncertainty in the chain.
- Abu 'Abdur-Rahman labeled this report munkar.
- Not every quoted report carries the same strength.
