Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad from his father that Ali ibn Abi Talib said, "When a man takes a vow to abstain from intercourse, divorce does not occur immediately. If four months pass, he must declare his intent and either he is divorced or he revokes his vow . " Malik said, "That is what is done among us."  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا آلَى الرَّجُلُ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ لَمْ يَقَعْ عَلَيْهِ طَلاَقٌ وَإِنْ مَضَتِ الأَرْبَعَةُ الأَشْهُرِ حَتَّى يُوقَفَ فَإِمَّا أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَفِيءَ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَذَلِكَ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا  

[Machine] "He used to say that if a man has sexual intercourse with his wife, then after the passing of four months he must either divorce her or satisfy her, and if he does not, then divorce will not occur until the passing of four months and he should not touch her anymore."  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ آلَى مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَإِذَا مَضَتِ الْأَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وُقِفَ حَتَّى يُطَلِّقَ أَوْ يُفِيءَ وَلَا يَقَعُ عَلَيْهَا الطَّلَاقُ إِذَا مَضَتِ الْأَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ حَتَّى يُوقَفَ  

"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: إِذَا آلَى الرَّجُلُ مِنْ امْرَأَتِهِ لَمْ يَقَعْ عَلَيْهَا طَلَاقٌ، وَإنْ مَضَتْ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ حَتَّى يُوقَفَ، فإمَّا أَنْ يُطلِّق، وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَفِئَ".