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malik:29-19Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "When a man makes a vow to abstain from intercourse with his wife and four months have passed he must declare his intent and either he is divorced or he revokes his vow. Divorce does not occur until four months have passed and he continues to abstain."  

مالك:٢٩-١٩وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ آلَى مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا مَضَتِ الأَرْبَعَةُ الأَشْهُرِ وُقِفَ حَتَّى يُطَلِّقَ أَوْ يَفِيءَ وَلاَ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهِ طَلاَقٌ إِذَا مَضَتِ الأَرْبَعَةُ الأَشْهُرِ حَتَّى يُوقَفَ  


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malik:29-18Yaḥyá > Mālik > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad from his father > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

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."  

مالك:٢٩-١٨حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

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  

bayhaqi:15218[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī [Chain 2] Abū Aḥmad al-Mihrajānī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Muzakkī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Bukayr > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar ؓ

[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."  

البيهقي:١٥٢١٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ح وَأنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ نا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي قَالَا نا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ نا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ نا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

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  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ
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السيوطي:٤-١٨٠٣b

"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".  

مالك، والشافعى، وعبد بن حميد، وابن جرير، [ق] البيهقى في السنن