The Prophet ﷺ said: If any woman asks her husband for divorce without some strong reason, the odour of Paradise will be forbidden to her.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّمَا امْرَأَةٍ سَأَلَتْ زَوْجَهَا طَلاَقًا فِي غَيْرِ مَا بَأْسٍ فَحَرَامٌ عَلَيْهَا رَائِحَةُ الْجَنَّةِ  

She (Habibah) was the wife of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shimmas. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out one morning and found Habibah by his door. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Who is this? She replied: I am Habibah, daughter of Sahl. He asked: What is your case? She replied: I and Thabit ibn Qays, referring to her husband, cannot live together. When Thabit ibn Qays came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: This is Habibah, daughter of Sahl, and she has mentioned (about you) what Allah wished to mention. Habibah said: Messenger of Allah, all that he gave me is with me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Thabit ibn Qays: Take it from her. So he took it from her, and she lived among her people (relatives).  

وَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصُّبْحِ فَوَجَدَ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتَ سَهْلٍ عِنْدَ بَابِهِ فِي الْغَلَسِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ هَذِهِ فَقَالَتْ أَنَا حَبِيبَةُ بِنْتُ سَهْلٍ قَالَ مَا شَأْنُكِ قَالَتْ لاَ أَنَا وَلاَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ لِزَوْجِهَا فَلَمَّا جَاءَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذِهِ حَبِيبَةُ بِنْتُ سَهْلٍ وَذَكَرَتْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَذْكُرَ وَقَالَتْ حَبِيبَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كُلُّ مَا أَعْطَانِي عِنْدِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ خُذْ مِنْهَا فَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا وَجَلَسَتْ هِيَ فِي أَهْلِهَا  

Habibah daughter of Sahl was the wife of Thabit ibn Qays Shimmas He beat her and broke some of her part. So she came to the Prophet ﷺ after morning, and complained to him against her husband. The Prophet ﷺ called on Thabit ibn Qays and said (to him): Take a part of her property and separate yourself from her. He asked: Is that right, Messenger of Allah? He said: Yes. He said: I have given her two gardens of mine as a dower, and they are already in her possession. The Prophet ﷺ said: Take them and separate yourself from her.  

أَنَّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتَ سَهْلٍ كَانَتْ عِنْدَ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ فَضَرَبَهَا فَكَسَرَ بَعْضَهَا فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ فَاشْتَكَتْهُ إِلَيْهِ فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثَابِتًا فَقَالَ خُذْ بَعْضَ مَالِهَا وَفَارِقْهَا فَقَالَ وَيَصْلُحُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَصْدَقْتُهَا حَدِيقَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا بِيَدِهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خُذْهُمَا فَفَارِقْهَا فَفَعَلَ  

The wife of Thabit ibn Qays separated herself from him for a compensation. The Prophet ﷺ made her waiting period a menstrual course. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by 'Abd al-Razzaq from Ma'mar from 'Amr b. Muslim from 'Ikrimah from the Prophet ﷺ in a mursal form (i.e. missing the link of the Companion).  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةَ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ اخْتَلَعَتْ مِنْهُ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عِدَّتَهَا حَيْضَةً  

Ibn ‘Umar said “The waiting period of a woman who separates herself from her husband for compensation is a menstrual period.”  

عِدَّةُ الْمُخْتَلِعَةِ حَيْضَةٌ