Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1177

Translation

'O Messenger of Allah! I irrevocably divorced my wife.' So he said: 'What did you intend by that?' I said: 'One (divorce).' He said: '(Do you swear) By Allah?' I said: 'By Allah.' He said: 'Then it is as you intended.'"

Notes

• 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 ﷺ 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

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What scholars said about it

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• al-Tirmidhi

  هذا حديث لا نعرفه إلا من هذا الوجه

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 1225
• al-Bukhari

  فيه اضطراب

  machine translationThere is inconsistency (iḍṭirāb) in it. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 1225
• Abū Daʾūd

  وهذا أصح من حديث ابن جريج أن ركانة طلق امرأته ثلاثا لأنهم أهل بيته وهم أعلم به وحديث ابن جريج رواه عن بعض بني أبي رافع عن عكرمة عن ابن عباس

  machine translationThis is more authentic (aṣaḥḥ) than the hadith of Ibn Jurayj that Rukānah divorced his wife three times, because they are his family and know him best. The hadith of Ibn Jurayj he narrated from some of the Banū Abī Rāfiʿ, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 1225
• al-Bukhari

  علي بن يزيد بن ركانة عن أبيه لم يصح حديثه

  machine translationʿAlī b. Yazīd b. Rukānah, from his father: his hadith is not authentic (ṣaḥīḥ). Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 1225

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Ibn Majah 2051Musnad Ahmad 24415Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 18434al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 15108al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19965Musnad Abi Ya'la 1537

Narrators

1. 1
   Yazīd b. Rukānah al-Muṭṭalibī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)
   يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُكَانَةَ الْمُطَّلِبِيُّصحابي
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAlī b. Yazīd b. Rukānah b. ʿAbd Yazīd

   unknown in condition (mastūr)
   أَبِيهِمستور
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAlī b. Yazīd b. Rukānah al-Muṭṭalibī

   weak in ḥadīth (layyin al-ḥadīth)
   عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُكَانَةَلين الحديث
   عن
4. 4
   Al-Zubayr b. Saʿīd b. Sulaymān b. Saʿīd b. Nawfal b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim

   weak in ḥadīth (layyin al-ḥadīth)d. 150-odd AH
   الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍلين الحديث
   عن
5. 5
   Jarīr b. Ḥāzim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), but there is weakness in his narrations from Qatādah, and he has errors (awhām) when he narrates from memoryd. 170 AH or 177 AH or 179 AH, also said: 167 AH
   جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍثقة ، لكن في حديثه عن قتادة ضعف ، وله أوهام إذا حدث من حفظه
   عن
6. 6
   Qabīṣah

   truthful (ṣadūq), sometimes contradicts othersd. 213 AH, or: 215 AH
   قَبِيصَةُصدوق ربما خالف
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Hannād

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 243 AH
   هَنَّادٌثقة
   حدثنا
8. 8
   al-Tirmidhī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AH
   التِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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