42. Annulment and Divorce
٤٢۔ كِتَابُ الْخُلْعِ وَالطَّلَاقِ
[Machine] Marriage is to be contracted by the consent of the slave, and divorce is in the hand of the slave, and no one else can divorce him.
يَنْكِحَ فَالطَّلَاقُ بِيَدِ الْعَبْدِ لَيْسَ بِيَدِ غَيْرِهِ مِنْ طَلَاقِهِ شَيْءٌ
[Machine] Nu'ayaa was a letter writer for Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , or a slave of a free woman under his authority. He divorced her twice and wanted to reconcile with her, so the Prophet's ﷺ wives commanded Uthman ibn Affan, asking him about this matter. So he went to him and met him at the stairs, holding the hand of Zaid ibn Thabit, and they both asked him. So they both began to quote the hadith to him.
أَنَّ نُفَيْعًا مُكَاتَبًا لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَوْ عَبْدًا كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ امْرَأَةٌ حُرَّةٌ فَطَلَّقَهَا اثْنَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا فَأَمَرَهُ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ يَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَقِيَهُ عِنْدَ الدَّرَجِ آخِذًا بِيَدِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَابْتَدَرَاهُ جَمِيعًا فَقَالَا حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكَ حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِيهِ حَدِيثٌ مُسْنَدٌ
[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ complaining that his master married him while he wanted to separate between him and his wife. The Prophet praised Allah and praised the man, then he said, "What is the matter with people who marry their slaves to their female slaves, then they want to separate between them? Verily, the one who has the power to divorce is the one who takes hold of the calf of his own leg, Ibn Lahi'ah has narrated it from Musa ibn Ayyub as a messenger."
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَشْكُو أَنَّ مَوْلَاهُ زَوَّجَهُ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ امْرَأَتِهِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يُزَوِّجُونَ عَبِيدَهُمْ إِمَاءَهُمْ ثُمَّ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ أَلَا إِنَّمَا يَمْلِكُ الطَّلَاقَ مَنْ يَأْخُذُ بِالسَّاقِ خَالَفَهُ ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ مُرْسَلًا
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came and mentioned something similar to it, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The right to divorce belongs only to the one who took hold of the calf and did not mention Ibn Abbas." And it was also narrated from another angle as a raised narration in which there is weakness.
أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا يَمْلِكُ الطَّلَاقَ مَنْ أَخَذَ بِالسَّاقِ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ وَرُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ مَرْفُوعًا وَفِيهِ ضَعْفٌ