Abd Yazid, the father of Rukanah and his brothers, divorced Umm Rukanah and married a woman of the tribe of Muzaynah. She went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: He is of no use to me except that he is as useful to me as a hair; and she took a hair from her head. So separate me from him. The Prophet ﷺ became furious. He called on Rukanah and his brothers. He then said to those who were sitting beside him. Do you see so-and-so who resembles Abdu Yazid in respect of so-and-so; and so-and-so who resembles him in respect of so-and-so? They replied: Yes. The Prophet ﷺ said to Abdu Yazid: Divorce her. Then he did so. He said: Take your wife, the mother of Rukanah and his brothers, back in marriage. He said: I have divorced her by three pronouncements, Messenger of Allah. He said: I know: take her back. He then recited the verse: "O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them at their appointed periods." Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Nafi' b. 'Ujair and 'Abd Allah b. Yazid b. Rukanah from his father on the authority of his grandfather reads: Rukanah divorced his wife absolutely (i.e. irrevocable divorce). The Prophet ﷺ restored her to him. This version is sounder (than other versions), for they (i.e. these narrators) are the children of his man, and the members of the family are more aware of his case. Rukanah divorced his wife absolutely (i.e. three divorces in one pronouncement) and the Prophet ﷺ made it a single divorce.  

أَخْبَرَنِي بَعْضُ بَنِي أَبِي رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ طَلَّقَ عَبْدُ يَزِيدَ أَبُو رُكَانَةَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ أُمَّ رُكَانَةَ وَنَكَحَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ فَجَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ مَا يُغْنِي عَنِّي إِلاَّ كَمَا تُغْنِي هَذِهِ الشَّعْرَةُ لِشَعْرَةٍ أَخَذَتْهَا مِنْ رَأْسِهَا فَفَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ فَأَخَذَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَمِيَّةٌ فَدَعَا بِرُكَانَةَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِجُلَسَائِهِ أَتَرَوْنَ فُلاَنًا يُشْبِهُ مِنْهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ عَبْدِ يَزِيدَ وَفُلاَنًا يُشْبِهُ مِنْهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِعَبْدِ يَزِيدَ طَلِّقْهَا فَفَعَلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَاجِعِ امْرَأَتَكَ أُمَّ رُكَانَةَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي طَلَّقْتُهَا ثَلاَثًا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ رَاجِعْهَا وَتَلاَ { يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ }  

[Machine] From Muhammad bin Ubaid bin Abi Rafe', the servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: "Abd Yazeed divorced the mother of Rukana, then he married a woman from Muzaynah. She came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, nothing can compensate for me except for this strand of hair, which she took from her head.' At that, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of his outer garment, then he called Rukana and his brothers, and then he said to those seated with him, 'Do you see this from this?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abdu Yazeed, 'Divorce her.' And he did so. Then he said to Abi Rukana, 'Take her back.' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have divorced her.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, I knew that, so take her back.' Then the verse was revealed: 'O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them for their prescribed waiting period.' (Quran 65:1)"  

عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ طَلَّقَ عَبْدُ يَزِيدَ أَبُو رُكَانَةَ أُمَّ رُكَانَةَ ثُمَّ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا يُغْنِي عَنِّي إِلَّا مَا تُغْنِي هَذِهِ الشَّعْرَةُ لِشَعْرَةٍ أَخَذَتْهَا مِنْ رَأْسِهَا فَأَخَذَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَمِيَّةً عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَدَعَا رُكَانَةَ وَإِخْوَتَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِجُلَسَائِهِ «أَتَرَوْنَ كَذَا مِنْ كَذَا؟» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَبْدِ يَزِيدَ «طَلِّقْهَا» فَفَعَلَ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي رُكَانَةَ «ارْتَجِعْهَا» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي طَلَّقْتُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ عَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ فَارْتَجِعْهَا» فَنَزَلَتْ {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ} [الطلاق 1]