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Hadith 268
Hadith #
268
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
6
Section
8
Part
The Book of Talaq (Divorces)
Chapter
Explanation of Divorce with Waiting Period and what Makes Divorce Binding
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from Zurarah who has said the following
“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Divorce which is not according to Sunnah or not with waiting period does not have any valid effect.’ Zurarah has said that I then asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘Please explain to me divorce according to Sunnah and divorce with waiting period.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘For divorce according to Sunnah the man must wait until she experiences Hayd (menses) and becomes clean from Hayd (menses). When this happens he can divorce her in the presence of two witnesses without going to bed with her; then he leaves her until she experiences Hayd (menses) twice and her waiting period becomes complete. On her experiencing the third Hayd (menses) she becomes stranger to him. He then is one of those who may propose marriage; if he wants he can marry or not to marry. He must pay her maintenance as long as she is in her waiting period and they inherit each other during the waiting period.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Divorce with waiting period is the divorce which Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has mentioned, ‘. . . .divorce them with waiting period and keep a count of the waiting period.’ (65:2) For this kind of divorce if a man wants to divorce his wife he must wait until she experiences Hayd (menses) and become clean of Hayd (menses) then divorce her one divorce in the presence of two just witnesses without going to bed with her. He then can go back to her on the same day if he likes or after several days or before she experiences Hayd (menses). He must have a witness for his going back to her. He can go to bed with her and live with her until she experiences Hayd (menses). When she experiences Hayd (menses) and becomes clean, divorce her in the presence of witnesses without going to bed with her. He then can go back to her again anytime he likes before she experiences Hayd (menses) for the third Hayd (menses). When she becomes clean of the third Hayd (menses) he divorces her in the presence of witness for the third time without sexual intercourse. When he does this she becomes stranger to him and he cannot marry her again before she marries another man.’ He (the Imam) was asked, ‘What happens if she does not experience Hayd (menses)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘In such case she is divorced according to Sunnah.’”
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام )
أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُلُّ طَلَاقٍ لَا يَكُونُ عَلَى السُّنَّةِ أَوْ طَلَاقٍ عَلَى الْعِدَّةِ فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍقَالَ زُرَارَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَسِّرْ لِي طَلَاقَ السُّنَّةِ وَ طَلَاقَ الْعِدَّةِ فَقَالَ أَمَّا طَلَاقُ السُّنَّةِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَلْيَنْتَظِرْ بِهَا حَتَّى تَطْمَثَ وَ تَطْهُرَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَتْ مِنْ طَمْثِهَا طَلَّقَهَا تَطْلِيقَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ وَ يُشْهِدُ شَاهِدَيْنِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَدَعُهَا حَتَّى تَطْمَثَ طَمْثَتَيْنِ فَتَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا بِثَلَاثِ حِيَضٍ وَ قَدْ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ وَ يَكُونُ خَاطِباً مِنَ الْخُطَّابِ إِنْ شَاءَتْ تَزَوَّجَتْهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَتْ لَمْ تَتَزَوَّجْهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ نَفَقَتُهَا وَ السُّكْنَى مَا دَامَتْ فِي عِدَّتِهَا وَ هُمَا يَتَوَارَثَانِ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ الْعِدَّةُقَالَ وَ أَمَّا طَلَاقُ الْعِدَّةِ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَ أَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ طَلَاقَ الْعِدَّةِ فَلْيَنْتَظِرْ بِهَا حَتَّى تَحِيضَ وَ تَخْرُجَ مِنْ حَيْضِهَا ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا تَطْلِيقَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ وَ يُشْهِدُ شَاهِدَيْنِ عَدْلَيْنِ وَ يُرَاجِعُهَا مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ إِنْ أَحَبَّ أَوْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِأَيَّامٍ أَوْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَحِيضَ وَ يُشْهِدُ عَلَى رَجْعَتِهَا وَ يُوَاقِعُهَا وَ يَكُونُ مَعَهَا حَتَّى تَحِيضَ فَإِذَا حَاضَتْ وَ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ حَيْضِهَا طَلَّقَهَا تَطْلِيقَةً أُخْرَى مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ وَ يُشْهِدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يُرَاجِعُهَا أَيْضاً مَتَى شَاءَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَحِيضَ وَ يُشْهِدُ عَلَى رَجْعَتِهَا وَ يُوَاقِعُهَا وَ تَكُونُ مَعَهُ إِلَى أَنْ تَحِيضَ الْحَيْضَةَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَتْ مِنْ حَيْضَتِهَا الثَّالِثَةِ طَلَّقَهَا التَّطْلِيقَةَ الثَّالِثَةَ بِغَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ وَ يُشْهِدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَفَإِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ وَ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ حَتَّى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ مِمَّنْ لَا تَحِيضُ فَقَالَ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ تُطَلَّقُ طَلَاقَ السُّنَّةِ .
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