Sahih al-Bukhari 5042 (Book 68, Hadith 1)
`Umar bin Al-Khattab asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about that. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) 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.”
“ مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا، ثُمَّ لِيُمْسِكْهَا حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ تَحِيضَ، ثُمَّ تَطْهُرَ، ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَ بَعْدُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّ، فَتِلْكَ الْعِدَّةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُطَلَّقَ لَهَا النِّسَاءُ ”.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5042 (Book 68, Hadith 1)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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