Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1183
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَجَاوَزَ اللَّهُ لأُمَّتِي مَا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا مَا لَمْ تَكَلَّمْ بِهِ أَوْ تَعْمَلْ بِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ بِالطَّلاَقِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ .
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Qutaybah narrated to us: Abu Awanah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Zurara ibn Awfa, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: Allah has pardoned my community for the thoughts that occur within themselves, so long as they do not speak of them or act upon them. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih. Scholars act on this: if a man only entertains the thought of divorce, nothing takes effect until he speaks it aloud.