Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 68

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from a man of the Ansar that his wife asked him for a divorce, and he said to her, “When you have had your period, then tell me.” When she had her period, she told him. He said, “When you are purified then tell me.” When she was purified, she told him and he divorced her.

Malik said, “This is the best of what I have heard about it.”

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَنَّ امْرَأَتَهُ، سَأَلَتْهُ الطَّلاَقَ فَقَالَ لَهَا إِذَا حِضْتِ فَآذِنِينِي ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا حَاضَتْ آذَنَتْهُ فَقَالَ إِذَا طَهُرْتِ فَآذِنِينِي فَلَمَّا

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 68

 
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century, the Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest surviving books of hadith. This foundational Islamic text was written over four decades and contains nearly 2,000 narrations systematically organized into 61 books.

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