"I heard Mahmud bin Labid say: 'The Messenger of Allah was told about a man who had divorced his wife with three simultaneous divorces. He stood up angrily and said: Is the Book of Allah being toyed with while I am still among you? Then a man stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, shall I kill him?'"
The Book of Divorce - Sunan an-Nasa'i 3401
"I heard Mahmud bin Labid say: 'The Messenger of Allah was told about a man who had divorced his wife with three simultaneous divorces. He stood up angrily and said: Is the Book of Allah being toyed with while I am still among you? Then a man stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, shall I kill him?'"
Scholarly Commentary
This narration demonstrates the gravity of pronouncing three divorces simultaneously, which contradicts the Islamic legal procedure requiring divorces to be issued separately during periods of purity. The Prophet's anger signifies this act constitutes a major violation of divine law.
The rhetorical question "Is the Book of Allah being toyed with?" emphasizes that such practices mock Allah's legislation. The Companions' readiness to execute the offender illustrates how seriously they viewed this transgression against Islamic marital law.
Classical scholars interpret this as establishing that triple talaq in one sitting constitutes an innovation (bid'ah) that violates the Quranic procedure of revocable divorce. The majority position holds it takes effect as three divorces, making reconciliation impossible without an intermediate marriage.