Volume 6, Book 60, Number 431:
Narrated Salim:
That Abdullah bin Umar told him that he had divorced his wife while she was in her menses so
‘Umar informed Allah’s Apostle
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of that. Allah’s Apostle became very angry at that and said, “(Ibn ‘Umar must return her to his
house and keep her as his wife till she becomes clean and then menstruates and becomes clean
again, whereupon, if he wishes to divorce her, he may do so while she is still clean and before having
any sexual relations with her, for that is the legally prescribed period for divorce as Allah has
ordered.”