Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ الْبُكَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ طَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاَثًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَنْكِحَهَا فَجَاءَ يَسْتَفْتِي فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَهُ أَسْأَلُ لَهُ فَسَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالاَ لاَ نَرَى أَنْ تَنْكِحَهَا حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَكَ . قَالَ فَإِنَّمَا طَلاَقِي إِيَّاهَا وَاحِدَةٌ . قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّكَ أَرْسَلْتَ مِنْ يَدِكَ مَا كَانَ لَكَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Muhammad ibnAbd ar-Rahman ibn Thawban that Muhammad ibn Iyas ibn al-Bukayr said,"A man divorced his wife three times before he had consummated themarriage, and then it seemed good to him to marry her. Therefore, hewanted an opinion, and I went with him to ask Abdullah ibn Abbas andAbu Hurayra on his behalf about it, and they said, 'We do not thinkthat you should marry her until she has married another husband.' Heprotested that his divorcing her had been only once. Ibn Abbas said,'You threw away what you had of blessing.' "