I said to Abu’l-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him: There is a son of my brother to whom I married my daughter. He drinks intoxicant drinks and mentions divorce abundantly. He said: If he is from your brothers, there is nothing upon him, and if he is from those, then disconnect her from him – for he meant separation. He said: I said: May I be sacrificed for you, has it not been narrated of Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: «Beware from those (females) who have been divorced thrice in one gathering, for indeed, they are ones with husbands» [1]? He said: That refers to your brothers, not those, because the one who lives by the religion of a people is bound by their rulings.