Sunan an-Nasa'i 3391

Kathir bin Ubayd informed me, from Muhammad bin Harb, who said: Al-Zubaydi narrated to us: Al-Zuhri was asked, ‘How should divorce be carried out in accordance with the waiting period?’ He said: Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar informed me that Abdullah bin Umar said, ‘I divorced my wife during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah while she was menstruating.’ Umar told the Messenger of Allah about it, and the Messenger of Allah was angered by it. He said, ‘He should take her back and keep her until she menstruates and becomes pure. Then, if he decides to divorce her while she is pure, before touching her, that is divorce in accordance with the waiting period, as Allah, Mighty and Sublime, revealed.’ Abdullah bin Umar said, ‘So I took her back, and I counted the divorce I had pronounced.’