Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3393
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا، يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ } قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رضى الله عنه قُبُلِ عِدَّتِهِنَّ .
Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us; Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us; Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-Hakam, who said: I heard Mujahid relate from Ibn Abbas, regarding the words of Allah, Mighty and Sublime, ‘O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them for their waiting period.’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘At the beginning of their waiting period.’
Translation notes
This report gives Ibn Abbas's explanation of the timing intended in Qur'an 65:1.