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bukhari:5261Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

A man divorced his wife thrice (by expressing his decision to divorce her thrice), then she married another man who also divorced her. The Prophet ﷺ was asked if she could legally marry the first husband (or not). The Prophet ﷺ replied, "No, she cannot marry the first husband unless the second husband consummates his marriage with her, just as the first husband had done."  

البخاري:٥٢٦١حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاَثًا فَتَزَوَّجَتْ فَطَلَّقَ فَسُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَحِلُّ لِلأَوَّلِ قَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا كَمَا ذَاقَ الأَوَّلُ  


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nasai:3407Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about a man who divorced his wife, and she married another man who had a closed meeting with her then divorced her, before having intercourse with her. Is it permissible for her to remarry the first husband? The Messenger of Allah said: 'No, not until the second one tastes her sweetness and she tastes his sweetness.'"  

النسائي:٣٤٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَتَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَدَخَلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَهَا أَتَحِلُّ لِلأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الآخَرُ عُسَيْلَتَهَا وَتَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهُ  

nasai:3412Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah > a man Ṭallaq Āmraʾatah Thalāth Fatazawwajat Zawj Faṭallaqahā Qabl

"Is she permissible for the first (husband to remarry her)?" He said: "No, not until he tastes her sweetness as the first tasted her sweetness."  

النسائي:٣٤١٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاَثًا فَتَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَحِلُّ لِلأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ لاَ حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا كَمَا ذَاقَ الأَوَّلُ  

abudawud:2309Musaddad > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a man who divorced his wife three times, and she married another who entered upon her, but divorced her before having intercourse with her, whether she was lawful for the former husband. She said: The Prophet ﷺ replied: She is not lawful for the first (husband) until she tastes the honey of the other husband and he tastes her honey.  

أبو داود:٢٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ يَعْنِي ثَلاَثًا فَتَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَدَخَلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَهَا أَتَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا الأَوَّلِ قَالَتْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَحِلُّ لِلأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَةَ الآخَرِ وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا  

ahmad:4776Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Razīn b. Sulaymān al-Aḥmarī > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Prophet was asked about a man who divorced his wife three times, then another man married her and he closed the door and drew the curtain, then divorced her before consummating the marriage with her. He said: "She is not permissible for the first one (to remarry her) until the second one has had intercourse with her."" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3415)   

أحمد:٤٧٧٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ رَزِينِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَحْمَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَيَتَزَوَّجُهَا آخَرُ فَيُغْلَقُ الْبَابُ وَيُرْخَى السِّتْرُ ثُمَّ يُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا هَلْ تَحِلُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ؟ قَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الْعُسَيْلَةَ  

ahmad:25604Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim or > ʿĀʾishah > a man Ṭallaq Āmraʾatah Thalāth Fatazawwajahā Ākhar Faṭallaqahā Qabl

"Is she permissible for the first (husband to remarry her)?" He said: "No, not until he tastes her sweetness as the first tasted her sweetness." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3412)  

أحمد:٢٥٦٠٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ أَوْ حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا آخَرُ فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَحِلُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ؟ فَقَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا كَمَا ذَاقَ الْأَوَّلُ  

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»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ نَفْيِ جَوَازِ تَزْوِيجِ الْمَرْءِ امْرَأَتَهُ الْمُطَلَّقَةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَةَ غَيْرَهُ وَإِنِ انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا

ibnhibban:4122al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about a man who divorced his wife, and she married another man who had a closed meeting with her then divorced her, before having intercourse with her. Is it permissible for her to remarry the first husband? The Messenger of Allah said: 'No, not until the second one tastes her sweetness and she tastes his sweetness.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3407)  

ابن حبّان:٤١٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَتَزَوَّجْتُ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَدَخَلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَهَا أَتَحِلُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ؟ قَالَ «لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا وَتَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:5570Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ Abū Kurayb al-Kūfī > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah was asked about a man who divorced his wife, and she married another man who had a closed meeting with her then divorced her, before having intercourse with her. Is it permissible for her to remarry the first husband? The Messenger of Allah said: 'No, not until the second one tastes her sweetness and she tastes his sweetness.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3407)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٥٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَتَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ فَدَخَلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَهَا أَتَحِلُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ الْآخَرُ عُسَيْلَتَهَا وَتَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:5575Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUbaydullāh / Ibn ʿUmar > al-Qāsim > Ibn Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah > a man Ṭallaq Āmraʾatah Thalāth Fatazawwajat a man Faṭallaqahā Qabl

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked if he could touch it, and he said, "No, until he tastes its bitterness as the first one tasted."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٥٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى هُوَ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ هُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَتَزَوَّجَتْ رَجُلًا فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ

أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَحِلُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا حَتَّى يَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَهَا كَمَا ذَاقَ الْأَوَّلُ»