Volume 7, Book 63, Number 189:
Narrated Musruq:
I asked ‘Aisha about the option: She said, “The Prophet gave us the option. Do you think that option
was considered as a divorce?” I said, “It matters little to me if I give my wife the option once or a
hundred times after she has chosen me.”
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Volume 7, Book 63, Number 178:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
that he had divorced his wife while she was menstruating during the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle .
‘Umar bin Al-Khattab asked Allah’s Apostle about that. Allah’s Apostle said, “Order him (your son) to
take her back and keep her till she is clean and then to wait till she gets her next period and becomes
clean again, whereupon, if he wishes to keep her, he can do so, and if he wishes to divorce her he
can divorce her before having sexual intercourse with her; and that is the prescribed period which
Allah has fixed for the women meant to be divorced.”
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 179:
Narrated Anas bin Sirin:
Ibn ‘Umar said: “I divorced my wife while she was menstruating. ‘Umar mentioned that to the
Prophet . The Prophet said, (to my father), “Let your son take her back.” I asked (Ibn ‘Umar), “Is such a
divorce counted (i.e. as one legal divorce)?” Ibn ‘Umar said, “Of course.” Narrated Yunus bin Jubair:
Ibn ‘Umar said, “The Prophet said to ‘Umar, ‘Order him (Ibn ‘Umar) to take her back.’ ” I asked, “Is
such a divorce counted (as one legal divorce)?” Ibn ‘Umar said, “What do you think if someone be –
comes helpless and foolish?”
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 180:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
(Divorcing my wife during her menses) was counted as one legal divorce.