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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man said
to Abdullah ibn Abbas, "I have divorced my wife by saying I divorce
you a hundred times. What do you think my situation is?" Ibn Abbas
said to him, "She was divorced from you by three pronouncements, and
by the ninety-seven, you have mocked the ayat of Allah."
Muwatta Malik Book 29, Hadith 1
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Rafi ibn
Khadij married the daughter of Muhammad ibn Maslama al-Ansari. She was
with him until she grew older, and then he married a young girl and
preferred the young girl to her. She begged him to divorce her, so he
divorced her and then he gave her time until she had almost finished
her idda period and then he returned and still preferred the young
girl. She therefore asked him to divorce her. He divorced her once,
and then returned to her, and still preferred the young girl, and she
asked him to divorce her. He said, "What do you want? There is only
one divorce left. If you like, continue and put up with what you see
of preference, and if you like, I will separate from you." She said,
"I will continue in spite of the preference." He kept her in spite of
that. Rafi did not see that he had done any wrong action when she
remained with him in spite of preference.
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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man came
to Abdullah ibn Masud and said, "I have divorced my wife by saying I
divorce you eight times." Ibn Masud said to him, "What have people
told you?" He replied, "I have been told that I have to part
absolutely from her." Ibn Masud said, "They have spoken the truth. A
person who divorces as Allah has commanded, Allah makes it clear for
him, and a person who obscures himself in error, we make stay by his
error. So do not confuse yourselves and pull us into your confusion.
It is as they have said."