Chapter on Divorce According to the Sunnah
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 2
وَ رَوَى اَلْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ لاٰ تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرٰاراً لِتَعْتَدُوا قَالَ "اَلرَّجُلُ يُطَلِّقُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَتْ أَنْ يَخْلُوَ أَجَلُهَا رَاجَعَهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَنَهَى اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ".
Al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Ṣaliḥ narrated from Al-Ḥalabi, who reported from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: I asked him about the saying of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic: "And do not retain them to harm them so that you transgress" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:231). Imam عليه السلام replied: "This refers to a man who divorces his wife, and when her waiting period (ʿiddah) is about to end, he reconciles with her, then divorces her again. He repeats this process three times. Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, forbade such behavior."
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