Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man said to Abdullah ibn Abbas, “I have divorced my wife by saying I divorce you a hundred times. What do you think my situation is?” Ibn Abbas said to him, “She was divorced from you by […]
Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.
Book 29, Divorce, discusses the procedures, rulings, and consequences of divorce.
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man came to Abdullah ibn Masud and said, “I have divorced my wife by saying I divorce you eight times.” Ibn Masud said to him, “What have people told you?” He replied, “I have been told that […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Bakr ibn Hazm thatUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz had asked him what people said about the ‘irrevocable’ divorce, and Abu Bakr had replied that Aban ibn Uthman had clarified that it was declared only once. Umar ibn Abd […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Marwan ibn al-Hakam decided that if someone made three pronouncements of divorce, he had divorced his wife irrevocably. Malik said, “That is what I like best of what I have heard on the subject.” 29.2 Divorce by Euphemistic Statements […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab had heard in a letter from Iraq that a man said to his wife, “Your rein is on your withers (i.e. you have free rein).” Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to his governor to order the […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Ali ibn Abi Talib used to say that if a man said to his wife, “You are haram for me,” it counted as three pronouncements of divorce. Malik said, “That is the best of what I have heard […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said that statements like “I cut myself off from you”,or”You are abandoned”, were considered as three pronouncements of divorce. Malik said that any strong statements such as these or others were considered as three pronouncements of divorce […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad that a certain man had taken a slave-girl belonging to somebody else as a wife. He said to her people, “She is your concern,” and people considered that to be one pronouncement of divorce. وَحَدَّثَنِي […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 9 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard Ibn Shihab say that if a man said to his wife, “You are free of me, and I am free of you, ” it counted as three pronouncements of divorce as if it were an ‘irrevocable’ divorce. Malik said that […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 10 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man came to Abdullah ibn Umar, and said, “Abu Abd ar-Rahman! I placed the command of my wife in her hand, and she divorced herself, what do you think?” Abdullah ibn Umar said, “I think that it […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 11 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “When a man gives a woman command over herself, then the result is as she decides unless he denies it and says that he only meant to give her one divorce and he swears to it […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 12 Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Sulayman ibn Zayd ibn Thabit that Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit told him that he was sitting with Zayd ibn Thabit when Muhammad ibn Abi Atiq came to him with his eyes brimming with tears. Zayd asked him what the […]