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tirmidhi:1189Aḥmad b. Muḥammad > Ibn al-Mubārak > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Ibn ʿUmar

"I had a wife whom I loved, but my father disliked her, so he ordered me to divorce her but I refused. I mentioned that to the Prophet and he said: 'O Abdullah bin Umar! Divorce your wife.'"  

الترمذي:١١٨٩حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ أَبِي يَكْرَهُهَا فَأَمَرَنِي أَبِي أَنْ أُطَلِّقَهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ طَلِّقِ امْرَأَتَكَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ

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abudawud:5138Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Khālī al-Ḥārith > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

A woman was my wife and I loved her, but Umar hated her. He said to me: Divorce her, but I refused. Umar then went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. The Prophet ﷺ said: Divorce her.  

أبو داود:٥١٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِي الْحَارِثُ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَكْرَهُهَا فَقَالَ لِي طَلِّقْهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَأَتَى عُمَرُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ طَلِّقْهَا  

ibnmajah:2088Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān And ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Khālih al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"I had a wife whom I loved, but my father hated her. 'Umar mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and he ordered me to divorce her, so I divorced her."  

ابن ماجة:٢٠٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ خَالِهِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ أَبِي يُبْغِضُهَا فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُطَلِّقَهَا فَطَلَّقْتُهَا  

ahmad:5144ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Ḥārith > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

"I had a wife whom I loved, but my father disliked her, so he ordered me to divorce her but I refused. I mentioned that to the Prophet and he said: 'O Abdullah bin Umar! Divorce your wife.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1189)   

أحمد:٥١٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ أَبِي يَكْرَهُهَا فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُطَلِّقَهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ طَلِّقِ امْرَأَتَكَ فَطَلَّقْتُهَا  

ahmad:5011Yazīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

[Machine] "I was under the authority of a woman whom I loved, but 'Umar disliked her. He commanded me to divorce her, but I refused. So, I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Abdullah ibn 'Umar has a wife whom I hate, and I commanded him to divorce her, but he refused.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'O Abdullah, divorce your wife.' So, I divorced her."  

أحمد:٥٠١١حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَكْرَهُهَا فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُطَلِّقَهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ امْرَأَةً كَرِهْتُهَا لَهُ فَأَمَرْتُهُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا فَأَبَى فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ طَلِّقِ امْرَأَتَكَ فَطَلَّقْتُهَا  

hakim:2798Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Asadī al-Ḥāfiẓ Bihamdān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Khālī al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

A woman was my wife and I loved her, but Umar hated her. He said to me: Divorce her, but I refused. Umar then went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. The Prophet ﷺ said: Divorce her. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5138)   

الحاكم:٢٧٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ الْحَافِظُ بِهَمْدَانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَكْرَهُهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ طَلِّقْهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَطِعْ أَبَاكَ وَطَلِّقْهَا» فَطَلَّقْتُهَا  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ الْمَدَنِيُّ خَالُ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَدِ احْتَجَّا جَمِيعًا بِهِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ بِطَلَاقِهَا طَاعَةً لِأَبِيهِ

ibnhibban:427al-Ṣūfī

A woman was my wife and I loved her, but Umar hated her. He said to me: Divorce her, but I refused. Umar then went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. The Prophet ﷺ said: Divorce her. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5138)   

ابن حبّان:٤٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا الصُّوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ * أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ أَبِي يَكْرَهُهَا فَأَمَرَنِي بِطَلَاقِهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ طَلِّقْهَا»  

tabarani:13250Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Rāzī > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

[Machine] There was a woman under my authority whom I loved, but my father hated her, so he ordered me to divorce her, but I refused. Then, Umar mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Abdullah, divorce her."  

الطبراني:١٣٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَتْ تَحْتِي امْرَأَةٌ كُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا وَكَانَ أَبِي يَكْرَهُهَا فَأَمَرَنِي بِطَلَاقِهَا فَأَبَيْتُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ طَلِّقْهَا»