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Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, "I
heard Abdullah ibn Umar recite from the Quran, 'Prophet! When you
divorce women, divorce them at the beginning of their idda.'"
Muwatta Malik Book 29, Hadith 87
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Thabit ibn al-Ahnaf that he
married an umm walad of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab. He
said, "Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab summoned me
and I went to him. I came in upon him and there were whips and two
iron fetters placed there, and two of his slaves whom he had made to
sit there. He said, 'Divorce her, or by He by whom one swears, I will
do such-and-such to you!' I said, 'It is divorce a thousand times.'
Then I left him and I saw Abdullah ibn Umar on the road to Makka and I
told him about my situation. Abdullah ibn Umar was furious, and said,
'That is not divorce, and she is not haram for you, so return to your
home.' I was still not at ease so I went to Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr who
was the Amir of Makka at that time. I told him about my situation and
what Abdullah ibn Umar had said to me. Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr said to
me, 'She is not haram for you, so return to your home,' and he wrote
to Jabir ibn al-Aswad az-Zuhra who was the Amir of Madina and ordered
him to punish Abdullah ibn Abdar-Rahman and to have him leave me and
my family alone. I went to Madina, and Safiyya, the wife of Abdullah
ibn Umar fitted out my wife so that she could bring her to my house
with the knowledge of Abdullah ibn Umar. Then I invited Abdullah ibn
Umar on the day of my wedding to the wedding feast and he came."
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his
father said, "It used to be that a man would divorce his wife and then
return to her before her idda was over, and that was alright, even if
he divorced her a thousand times. The man went to his wife and then
divorced her and when the end of her idda was in sight, he took her
back and then divorced her and said, 'No! By Allah, I will not go to
you and you will never be able to marry again.' Allah, the Blessed,
the Exalted, sent down, 'Divorce is twice, then honourable retention
or setting free kindly.' People then turned towards divorce in a new
light from that day whether or not they were divorced or not
divorced."