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ahmad:5571Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sālim b. Razīn > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh / Ibn ʿUmar > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿUmar

from the Prophet, concerning a man who had a wife then divorced her, then another man married her but divorced her before consummating the marriage. Could she go back to the first man? He said: “No, not until he tastes her sweetness.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1933)   

أحمد:٥٥٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ رَزِينٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الرَّجُلِ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا ثُمَّ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا رَجُلٌ فَيُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى تَذُوقَ الْعُسَيْلَةَ  


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muslim:1433dMuḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Hamdānī > Abū Usāmah > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

No, until he has tasted her sweetness.  

مسلم:١٤٣٣dحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا الرَّجُلُ فَيُطَلِّقُهَا فَتَتَزَوَّجُ رَجُلاً فَيُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا أَتَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا الأَوَّلِ قَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا  

muslim:1433fAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

A person divorced his wife by three pronouncements; then another person married her and he also divorced her without having sexual intercourse with her. Then the first husband of her intended to remarry her. It was about such a case that Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, whereupon he said: No, until the second one has tasted her sweetness as the first one had tasted.  

مسلم:١٤٣٣fحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

طَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاَثًا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَأَرَادَ زَوْجُهَا الأَوَّلُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الآخِرُ مِنْ عُسَيْلَتِهَا مَا ذَاقَ الأَوَّلُ  

nasai:3414ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sālim b. Razīn > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿUmar

"No, not until she tastes his sweetness."  

النسائي:٣٤١٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ رَزِينٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الرَّجُلِ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ يُطَلِّقُهَا ثُمَّ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَيُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَتَرْجِعَ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا الأَوَّلِ قَالَ لاَ حَتَّى تَذُوقَ الْعُسَيْلَةَ  

ibnmajah:1933Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sālim b. Razīn > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Ibn ʿUmar

from the Prophet, concerning a man who had a wife then divorced her, then another man married her but divorced her before consummating the marriage. Could she go back to the first man? He said: “No, not until he tastes her sweetness.”  

ابن ماجة:١٩٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ رَزِينٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الرَّجُلِ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَيُطَلِّقُهَا فَيَتَزَوَّجُهَا رَجُلٌ فَيُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا أَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى الأَوَّلِ قَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الْعُسَيْلَةَ  

ahmad:14024ʿAffān > Muḥammad b. Dīnār > Yaḥyá b. Yazīd > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a man who had a woman under his authority and divorced her three times. She then married another man, but he divorced her before consummating the marriage. Is it permissible for her to go back to her first husband? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "No, until the second husband has tasted her and she has tasted him."  

أحمد:١٤٠٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَطَلَّقَهَا ثَلَاثًا فَتَزَوَّجَتْ بَعْدَهُ رَجُلًا فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا أَتَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْآخَرُ قَدْ ذَاقَ مِنْ عُسَيْلَتِهَا وَذَاقَتْ مِنْ عُسَيْلَتِهِ  

ahmad:5277ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah > Razīn al-Aḥmarī > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a man who divorced his wife three times, and then another man married her, locked the door, drew the curtain, and removed her veil, and then divorced her before having intercourse with her. Does she become lawful for her first husband?" He said, "No, until he tastes her honey."  

أحمد:٥٢٧٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ رَزِينٍ الْأَحْمَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ فَأَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ وَأَرْخَى السِّتْرَ وَنَزَعَ الْخِمَارَ ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا تَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ؟ فَقَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا  

ibnhibban:4119al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ṣāliḥ al-Azdī > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a man who divorced his wife three times and then she married another man and he divorced her before having intercourse with her. Should she go back to her first husband? He said, "No, until she tastes the honey (intercourse) of her second husband just as her first husband had tasted."  

ابن حبّان:٤١١٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ الْبَتَّةَ فَتَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا أَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ «لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا مَا ذَاقَ صَاحِبُهَا»  

ibnhibban:4120ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ regarding a man who divorced his wife three times, and then married another woman. He divorced her before having relations with her, and then the first man wanted to marry her again. He said, "No, until the second man tastes his wife and she tastes him."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ أَرَادَ الْأَوَّلُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا قَالَ «لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الْآخَرُ عُسَيْلَتَهَا وَتَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:5577ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sālim b. Razīn > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ibn ʿUmar

"No, not until she tastes his sweetness." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3414)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٥٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ رَزِينٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الرَّجُلِ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا ثُمَّ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَيُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ «لَا حَتَّى تَذُوقَ الْعُسَيْلَةَ»