Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1177
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُكَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي طَلَّقْتُ امْرَأَتِي الْبَتَّةَ . فَقَالَ " مَا أَرَدْتَ بِهَا " . قُلْتُ وَاحِدَةً . قَالَ " وَاللَّهِ " . قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ . قَالَ " فَهُوَ مَا أَرَدْتَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ فِيهِ اضْطِرَابٌ . وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رُكَانَةَ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاَثًا . - وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ فِي طَلاَقِ الْبَتَّةِ فَرُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَ الْبَتَّةَ وَاحِدَةً وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَهَا ثَلاَثًا . وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِيهِ نِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ إِنْ نَوَى وَاحِدَةً فَوَاحِدَةٌ وَإِنْ نَوَى ثَلاَثًا فَثَلاَثٌ وَإِنْ نَوَى ثِنْتَيْنِ لَمْ تَكُنْ إِلاَّ وَاحِدَةً . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ . وَقَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ فِي الْبَتَّةِ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَهِيَ ثَلاَثُ تَطْلِيقَاتٍ . وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ إِنْ نَوَى وَاحِدَةً فَوَاحِدَةٌ يَمْلِكُ الرَّجْعَةَ وَإِنْ نَوَى ثِنْتَيْنِ فَثِنْتَانِ وَإِنْ نَوَى ثَلاَثًا فَثَلاَثٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannad narrated to us: Qabisah narrated to us, from Jarir ibn Hazim, from al-Zubayr ibn Sa'id, from Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Rukanah, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: I came to the Prophet and said: O Messenger of Allah, I have divorced my wife irrevocably. He said: What did you intend by it? I said: One divorce. He said: By Allah? I said: By Allah. He said: Then it is as you intended. Abu Isa said: We know this hadith only through this route. I asked Muhammad about it, and he said that it is inconsistent. It is also reported from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, that Rukanah divorced his wife three times. Scholars among the Companions of the Prophet and others differed about an irrevocable divorce. It is reported that Umar ibn al-Khattab counted it as one, while Ali counted it as three. Some scholars said that the husband's intention governs: if he intended one, it is one; if three, it is three; and if two, it counts as one. This is the view of al-Thawri and the scholars of Kufa. Malik ibn Anas said that if he had consummated the marriage, an irrevocable divorce counts as three. Al-Shafi'i said that if he intended one, it is one and he may take her back; if he intended two, it is two; and if he intended three, it is three.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report concerns the formula al-battah, an irrevocable divorce, and records differing legal interpretations of the husband's intent.