Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3399

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ، طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَعْرِفُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَإِنَّهُ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَسَأَلَ عُمَرُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا ثُمَّ يَسْتَقْبِلَ عِدَّتَهَا ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَيَعْتَدُّ بِتِلْكَ التَّطْلِيقَةِ فَقَالَ مَهْ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَجَزَ وَاسْتَحْمَقَ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah narrated to us; Hammad narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad, from Yunus bin Jubayr, who said: I asked Ibn Umar about a man who divorced his wife while she was menstruating. He said, ‘Do you know Abdullah bin Umar? He divorced his wife while she was menstruating, and Umar asked the Prophet about it. He ordered him to take her back and then begin counting her waiting period anew.’ I asked him, ‘Does he count that divorce?’ He replied, ‘Enough! What do you think if he were incapable and acted foolishly?’

Translation notes
  • مَهْ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَجَزَ وَاسْتَحْمَقَ

    The brief rebuke and rhetorical question do not explicitly state whether the divorce counts; the implication is not supplied in this wording.

    Can a verified parallel or commentary clarify Ibn Umar's intended answer without adding it to the translation?