It is narrated from Abu al-Jawza' that he came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and asked: "Do you know that in the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), three divorces (pronounced together) used to be counted as one and returned (for the possibility of taking back)?" He said: "Yes." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: In the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the time of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and in the first two years of the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), three divorces (pronounced together) were counted as one. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "People have begun to hasten in a matter in which they had been given time to reflect, so if we were to enforce it upon them (that would be better)." Then he enforced it upon them. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.