‘Abd Allah bin Umar said that he divorced his wife while she was menstruating during the time of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. So ‘Umar bin Al Khattab asked the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about this matter. The Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “Order him, he must take her back and keep her back till she is purified, then has another menstrual period and is purified. Thereafter if he desires he may divorce her before having intercourse with her, for that is the period of waiting which Allaah the Glorified has commanded for the divorce of women.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2179)   

أَنَّهُ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُرْهُ فَلْيُرَاجِعْهَا ثُمَّ لِيُمْسِكْهَا حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ تَحِيضَ ثُمَّ تَطْهُرَ ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّ فَتِلْكَ الْعِدَّةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللهُ أَنْ يُطَلَّقَ لَهَا النِّسَاءُ  

What do you think if a man divorces his wife while she is menstruating? He said: Abdullah ibn Umar divorced his wife while she was menstruating during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.So Umar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: Abdullah ibn Umar divorced his wife while she was menstruating. Abdullah said: He returned her to me and did not count it (the pronouncement) anything. He said: When she is purified, he may divorce her or keep her with him. Ibn Umar said: The Prophet ﷺ recited the Qur'anic verse: O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them in the beginning of their waiting period." Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Yunus b. Jubair, Anas b. Sirin b. Jubair, Zaid b. Aslam, Abu al-Zubair and Mansur from Abu Wa'il on the authority of Ibn 'Umar. They all agreed on the theme that the Prophet ﷺ commanded him to take her back (and keep her) till she was purified. Then if he desired, he might divorce her or keep her with him if he wanted to do so. The version narrated by al-Zuhri from Salim from Nafi' on the authority of Ibn 'Umar has: The Prophet ﷺ commanded him to take her back (and keep her) till she is purified, and then has menstrual discharge, and then she is purified. Then if he desires, he may divorce her and if he desires he may keep her. Abu Dawud said: A version like that of Nafi' and al-Zuhri has also been transmitted by 'Ata al-Khurasani from al-Hasan on the authority of Ibn 'Umar. All the versions of this tradition contradict the one narrated by Abu al-Zubair. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2185)   

طَلَّقَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِيُرَاجِعْهَا فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيَّ وَقَالَ إِذَا طَهُرَتْ فَلْيُطَلِّقْ أَوْ يُمْسِكْ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ قَرَأَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ فِي قُبُلِ عِدَّتِهِنَّ  

[Machine] Some argued with her about it and said, "Indeed, Allah, blessed and exalted, says, 'Three divorces.'" So Aisha said, "Do you know what 'Al-Aqra' means?" They said, "It refers to the pure ones." Aisha and I heard Ibn Shihab saying that he heard Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman saying, "I have not come across any of our scholars except that they say, 'This is what Aisha meant by the narration of Ibn Bukayr.'" And in the narration of Shafi'i, Aisha said, "You are correct. But do you know what 'Al-Aqra' means?" "Al-Aqra' means the pure ones."  

جَادَلَهَا فِي ذَلِكَ أُنَاسٌ وَقَالُوا إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ {ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُوءٍ} [البقرة 228] فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ وَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْأَقْرَاءُ؟ إِنَّمَا الْأَقْرَاءُ الْأَطْهَارُ قَالَا وَأَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَقُولُ مَا أَدْرَكْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْ فُقَهَائِنَا إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ هَذَا يُرِيدُ الَّذِي قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الشَّافِعِيِّ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ صَدَقْتُمْ وَهَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْأَقْرَاءُ؟ الْأَقْرَاءُ الْأَطْهَارُ  

[Machine] The pure reciters.  

الْأَقْرَاءُ الْأَطْهَارُ  

[Machine] If the divorced woman enters her third menstruation cycle, she will be free from him.  

إِذَا دَخَلَتِ الْمُطَلَّقَةُ فِي الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ  

[Machine] When it enters the bloodstream during the third menstrual period, it is considered clean from it and it does not inherit or being inherited by it. According to the narration of Al-Shafi'i, he divorced her and the rest is equal.  

أَنَّهَا إِذَا دَخَلَتْ فِي الدَّمِ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ وَبَرِئَ مِنْهَا وَلَا تَرِثُهُ وَلَا يَرِثُهَا وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَقَدْ كَانَ طَلَّقَهَا وَالْبَاقِي سَوَاءٌ  

[Machine] Muawiyah wrote to Zaid, then Zaid wrote: "If the divorced woman enters the third menstruation, then she is cleared from him."  

كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى زَيْدٍ فَكَتَبَ زَيْدٌ إِذَا دَخَلَتِ الْمُطَلَّقَةُ فِي الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ  

[Machine] He used to say: If a man divorces his wife and she enters the third period of her menstrual cycle, then he is free from her and she is free from him. He does not inherit from her, and she does not inherit from him.  

كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا طَلَّقَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ فَدَخَلَتْ فِي الدَّمِ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ وَبَرِئَ مِنْهَا وَلَا تَرِثُهُ وَلَا يَرِثُهَا  

[Machine] "When she enters the third menstrual cycle, there is no going back for her."  

إِذَا دَخَلَتْ فِي الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَا رَجْعَةَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا  

[Machine] Zaid bin Thabit said, "If a drop of blood drops in the third period, then her waiting period is over."  

قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ إِذَا قُطِرَتْ مِنَ الْمُطَلَّقَةِ قَطْرَةٌ مِنَ الدَّمِ فِي الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَقَدِ انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا  

[Machine] About a woman, if she is divorced and enters her third period of menstrual bleeding, they say, "She has shown signs of ending and has become permissible."  

عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا طُلِّقَتْ فَدَخَلَتْ فِي الدَّمِ مِنَ الْحَيْضَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَقَالَا قَدْ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ وَحَلَّتْ  

[Machine] Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) and that is the matter that I have perceived among the people of knowledge in our country. And Allah knows best.  

مَالِكٌ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَذَاكَ الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي أَدْرَكْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ بِبَلَدِنَا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ