Chapter on What Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Made Permissible and Prohibited in Marriage

Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Sa'd ibn Abi Khalaf al-Zam and Sinan ibn Tarif, who narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام was asked about a man who had three wives, then married another woman but did not consummate the marriage with her. Later, he wanted to emancipate a bondwoman and marry her. Imam عليه السلام said: "If he divorces the woman with whom he had not consummated the marriage, then there is no harm in him marrying another woman on that same day. However, if he divorces one of the three wives with whom he had consummated the marriage, he cannot marry another woman until the waiting period of the divorced wife is completed."