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Hadith 263
Hadith #
263
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
6
Section
6
Part
The Book of Talaq (Divorces)
Chapter
There Cannot be Divorce before Marriage
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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4. Muhammad ibn Ja‘far al-Razzaz has narrated from Ayyub ibn Nuh and Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Hariz from Hamzah ibn Humran from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sulayman from his father who has said the following
“Once I was in the Masjid when Ali ibn al-Husayn, Alayhi al-Salam, came and I could not recognize him. He (the Imam) had a black turban and he had allowed both ends of the turban to hang down between his two shoulders. I then asked a man sitting near me, ‘Who is this Shaykh?’ He asked, ‘Why did you not ask me about people other than this shaykh coming in the Masjid?’ I replied, ‘Because I did not see anyone else entering the Masjid look as good as this Shaykh and his condition in my eyes, thus I asked you.’ He then said, ‘This is Ali ibn al-Husayn, Alayhi al-Salam .’ The man, others and I stood up. We surrounded him (the Imam) and offered greetings of peace. A man then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep you well, what is your view about a man who mentions a woman exactly and on the day of his marriage says three times that she is divorced but then he decides to marry her: if he can do so.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Divorce is only after marriage.’ ‘Abd Allah has said that my father and I visited abu ‘Abd Allah, Ja‘far ibn Muhammad, Alayhim al-Salam, and my father narrated this Hadith to him (the Imam). Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, asked, ‘Will you testify that this is a Hadith of Ali ibn al-Husayn, Alayhi al-Salam ?’ He replied, ‘Yes I will do so.’”
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّزَّازُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ وَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ
كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَدَخَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ لَمْ أُثْبِتْهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ عِمَامَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ طَرَفَيْهَا بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ قَرِيبِ الْمَجْلِسِ مِنِّي مَنْ هَذَا الشَّيْخُ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ لَمْ تَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ أَحَدٍ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ غَيْرِ هَذَا الشَّيْخِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَمْ أَرَ أَحَداً دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ أَحْسَنَ هَيْئَةً فِي عَيْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الشَّيْخِ فَلِذَلِكَ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام )قَالَ فَقُمْتُ وَ قَامَ الرَّجُلُ وَ غَيْرُهُ فَاكْتَنَفْنَاهُ وَ سَلَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ مَا تَرَى أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ فِي رَجُلٍ سَمَّى امْرَأَتَهُ بِعَيْنِهَا وَ قَالَ يَوْمَ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا فَهِيَ طَالِقٌ ثَلَاثاً ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الطَّلَاقُ بَعْدَ النِّكَاحِقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ أَبِي عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَحَدَّثَهُ أَبِي بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنْتَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ نَعَمْ .
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