Divorce by an Absent Husband

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ibn ‘Udhaynah from Zurarah from ibn Bukayr who has said the following: “I can testify that I heard abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, saying, ‘A man absent from his wife can divorce her by counting new moons and months.’”