Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard Rabia ibn Abd ar- Rahman say that a slave could marry four women. Malik said, ""This is the best of what I have heard about the matter."" Malik said, ""The slave differs with the muhallil if the slave is given permission by his master for his ex-wife. If his master does not give him permission, he separates them. The muhallil is separated in any case if he intends to make the woman halal by marriage."" Malik said, ""When a slave is owned by his wife or a husband owns his wife, the possession of each of them is rendered void without divorce. If a man, for instance, is married to a slave-girl, and then he buys her, he must divorce her as a matter of course. They can then re- marry. If they re-marry afterwards, that separation was not divorce."" Malik said, ""When a slave is freed by his wife who owns him and she is in the idda-period from him, they can only return to each other after she has made another marriage

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab that he had heard that in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, women were becoming muslim in their own lands and they did not do hijra while their husbands were still kafirun although they themselves had become muslim. Among them was the daughter of al-Walid ibn al-Mughira and she was the wife of Safwan ibn Umayya. She became muslim on the day of the conquest (of Makka), and her husband, Safwan ibn Umayya fled from Islam. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent Safwan's paternal cousin, Wahb ibn Umayr with the cloak of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as a safe-conduct for Safwan ibn Umayya, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called him to Islam and asked for him to come to him and if he was pleased with the matter to accept it. If not he would have a respite for two months. When Safwan came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with his cloak, he called out to him over the heads of the people, ""Muhammad! Wahb ibn Umayr brought me your cloak and claimed that you had summoned me to come to you and if I was pleased with the matter, I should accept it and if not, you would give me a respite for two months. ""The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ""Come down, Abu Wahb."" He said, ""No, by Allah! I will not come down until you make it clear to me."" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ""You have a respite of four months."" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out toward Hawazin at Hunayn. He sent to Safwan ibn Umayya to borrow some equipment and arms that he had. Safwan said, ""Willingly or unwillingly?"" He said, ""Willingly."" Therefore he lent him the equipment and arms which he had. Then Safwan went out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was still a kafir. He was present at the battles of Hunayn and at-Ta'if while he was still a kafir and his wife was a muslim. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not separate Safwan and his wife until he had become muslim, and his wife was settled with him by that marriage

Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, ""Between the Islam of Safwan and the Islam of his wife there was about one month."" Ibn Shihab said, ""We have not heard about any woman doing hijra for Allah and His Messenger while her husband was a kafir abiding in the land of kufr, but that her hijra separated her and her husband unless her husband came in hijra before her period of idda had been completed

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham who was the wife of Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl became muslim on the day of the conquest of Makka, and her husband Ikrima fled from Islam as far as the Yemen. Umm Hakim set out after him until she came to him in the Yemen and she called him to Islam, and he became muslim. He went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the year of the conquest. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw him, he rushed to him in joy and did not bother to put on his cloak until he had made the pledge with him. They were confirmed in their marriage. Malik said, ""If a man becomes muslim before his wife, a separation occurs between them when he presents Islam to her and she does not become muslim, because Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, said in His Book, 'Do not hold fast to the ties of women who are kafirun

Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil from Anas ibn Malik that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he had a traceof yellow on him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked about it. He told him that he had just been married. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ""How much did you hand over to her?"" He said, ""The weight of a date pit in gold."" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, ""Hold a feast, even if it is only with a sheep

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, ""I have heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, held a wedding feast in which there was neither meat nor bread

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ""When you are invited to a wedding feast, you must go to it

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibr. Shihab from al-Araj that Abu Hurayra said, ""The worst food is the food of a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are left out. If anyone rejects an invitation, he has rebelled against Allah and His Messenger

Yahya related to me from Malik that Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha heard Anas ibn Malik say that a certain tailor invited the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to eat some food which he had prepared. Anas said, ""I went with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to eat the food. He served barley bread and a soup with pumpkin in it. I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, going after the pumpkin around the dish, so I have always liked pumpkin since that day

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ""When you marry a woman or buy a slave-girl, take her by the forelock and ask for baraka. When you buy a camel, take the top of its hump, and seek refuge with Allah from Shaytan

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zubayr al-Makki that somebody asked a man for his sister in marriage and the man mentioned that she had committed fornication. Umar ibn al-Khattab heard about it and he beat the man or almost beat him, and said, ""What did you mean by giving him such information?

Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and Urwa ibn az-Zubayr said that a man who had four wives and then divorced one of them irrevocably, could marry straightaway if he wished, and he did not have to wait for the completion of her idda

Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abd ar-Rahman that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and Urwa ibn az-Zubayr gave the same judgement to al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik in the year of his arrival in Madina except that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad said that he divorced his wife on various occasions. (i.e. not at one time)

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, ""There are three things in which there is no jest:marriage, divorce, and setting free

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Rafi ibn Khadij married the daughter of Muhammad ibn Maslama al-Ansari. She was with him until she grew older, and then he married a young girl and preferred the young girl to her. She begged him to divorce her, so he divorced her and then he gave her time until she had almost finished her idda period and then he returned and still preferred the young girl. She therefore asked him to divorce her. He divorced her once, and then returned to her, and still preferred the young girl, and she asked him to divorce her. He said, ""What do you want? There is only one divorce left. If you like, continue and put up with what you see of preference, and if you like, I will separate from you."" She said, ""I will continue in spite of the preference."" He kept her in spite of that. Rafi did not see that he had done any wrong action when she remained with him in spite of preference

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man said to Abdullah ibn Abbas, ""I have divorced my wife by saying I divorce you a hundred times. What do you think my situation is?"" Ibn Abbas said to him, ""She was divorced from you by three pronouncements, and by the ninety-seven, you have mocked the ayat of Allah

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man came to Abdullah ibn Masud and said, ""I have divorced my wife by saying I divorce you eight times."" Ibn Masud said to him, ""What have people told you?"" He replied, ""I have been told that I have to part absolutely from her."" Ibn Masud said, ""They have spoken the truth. A person who divorces as Allah has commanded, Allah makes it clear for him, and a person who obscures himself in error, we make stay by his error. So do not confuse yourselves and pull us into your confusion. It is as they have said

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Bakr ibn Hazm thatUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz had asked him what people said about the 'irrevocable' divorce, and Abu Bakr had replied that Aban ibn Uthman had clarified that it was declared only once. Umar ibn Abd al- Aziz said, ""Even if divorce had to be declared a thousand times, the'irrevocable' would use them all up. A person who says, 'irrevocably' has cast the furthest limit

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Marwan ibn al-Hakam decided that if someone made three pronouncements of divorce, he had divorced his wife irrevocably. Malik said, ""That is what I like best of what I have heard on the subject."" 29.2 Divorce by Euphemistic Statements

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab had heard in a letter from Iraq that a man said to his wife, ""Your rein is on your withers (i.e. you have free rein)."" Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to his governor to order the man to come to him at Makka at the time of hajj. While Umar was doing tawaf around the House, a man met him and greeted him. Umar asked him who he was, and he replied that he was the man that he had ordered to be brought to him. Umar said to him, ""I ask you by the Lord of this building, what did you mean by your statement, 'Your rein is on your withers.'?"" The man replied, ""Had you made me swear by other than this place, I would not have told you the truth. I intended separation by that."" Umar ibn al- Khattab said, ""It is what you intended

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Ali ibn Abi Talib used to say that if a man said to his wife, ""You are haram for me,"" it counted as three pronouncements of divorce. Malik said, ""That is the best of what I have heard on the subject

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said that statements like ""I cut myself off from you"",or""You are abandoned"", were considered as three pronouncements of divorce. Malik said that any strong statements such as these or others were considered as three pronouncements of divorce for a woman whose marriage had been consummated. In the case of a woman whose marriage had not been consummated, the man was asked to make an oath on his deen, as to whether he had intended one or three pronouncements of divorce. If he had intended one pronouncement, he was asked to make an oath by Allah to confirm it, and he became a suitor among other suitors, because a woman whose marriage had been consummated, required three pronouncements of divorce to make her inaccessible for the husband, whilst only one pronouncement was needed to make a woman whose marriage had not been consummated inaccessible. Malik added, ""That is the best of what I have heard about the matter

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad that a certain man had taken a slave-girl belonging to somebody else as a wife. He said to her people, ""She is your concern,"" and people considered that to be one pronouncement of divorce

Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard Ibn Shihab say that if a man said to his wife, ""You are free of me, and I am free of you, "" it counted as three pronouncements of divorce as if it were an 'irrevocable' divorce. Malik said that if a man made any strong statement such as these to his wife, it counted as three pronouncements of divorce for a woman whose marriage had been consummated, or it was written as one of three for a woman whose marriage had not been consummated, whichever the man wished. If he said he intended only one divorce he swore to it and he became one of the suitors because, whereas a woman whose marriage had been consummated was made inaccessible by three pronouncements of divorce, the woman whose marriage had not been consummated was made inaccessible by only one pronouncement. Malik said, ""That is the best of what I have heard

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man came to Abdullah ibn Umar, and said, ""Abu Abd ar-Rahman! I placed the command of my wife in her hand, and she divorced herself, what do you think?"" Abdullah ibn Umar said, ""I think that it is as she said."" The man said, ""Don't do it, Abu Abd ar-Rahman!"" Ibn Umar said, ""You did it, it has nothing to do with me

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, ""When a man gives a woman command over herself, then the result is as she decides unless he denies it and says that he only meant to give her one divorce and he swears to it - then he has access to her while she is in her idda

Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Sulayman ibn Zayd ibn Thabit that Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit told him that he was sitting with Zayd ibn Thabit when Muhammad ibn Abi Atiq came to him with his eyes brimming with tears. Zayd asked him what the matter was. He said, ""I gave my wife command of herself, and she separated from me."" Zayd said to him, ""What made you do that?"" He said, ""The Decree."" Zayd said, ""Return to her if you wish for it is only one pronouncement, and you have access to her

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that a man of Thaqif gave his wife command over herself, and she said, ""You are divorced."" He was silent. She said, ""You are divorced."" He said, ""May a stone be in your mouth."" She said, ""You are divorced."" He said, ""May a stone be in your mouth."" They argued and went to Marwan ibn al-Hakam. He took an oath that he had only given her control over one pronouncement, and then she returned to him. Malik said that Abd ar-Rahman declared that this decision had amazed al-Qasim, who thought it the best that he had heard on the subject. Malik added, ""That is also the best of what I have heard on the subject

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that A'isha, umm al-muminin, proposed to Qurayba bint Abi Umayya on behalf of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. They married her to him and her people found fault with Abd ar-Rahman and said, ""We only gave in marriage because of A'isha."" A'isha therefore sent for Abd ar-Rahman and told him about it. He gave Qurayba authority over herself and she chose her husband and so there was no divorce

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave Hafsa bint Abd arRahman in marriage to al-Mundhir ibn az-Zubayr while Abd ar-Rahman was away in Syria. When Abd ar-Rahman arrived, he said, ""Shall someone like me have this done to him? Am I the kind of man to have something done to him without his consent?"" A'isha spoke to al-Mundhir ibn az-Zubayr, and al-Mundhir said, ""It is in the hands of Abd ar-Rahman."" Abd ar-Rahman said, ""I won't oppose something that you have already completed."" Hafsa was confirmed with al-Mundhir, and there was no divorce