It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: A woman was divorced, and she remained (in her waiting period) for twenty-three nights, then she gave birth. She came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "(Now) marry." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she was married to Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) but disliked him, because he was harsh in his dealings with women. So she said to al-Zubayr: O Abu Abdullah! Relieve me (give me ease) with one divorce. She made this request when her labour pains (of childbirth) had already begun. Al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What benefit will one divorce be to you, when I will take you back after it? She said: I will feel relief through it. So he gave her one divorce and went out of the house. She said to her slave girl: Lock the doors. Then she gave birth to a baby girl. When al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was given the good news of it, he (realising what had happened) said: The daughter of Ibn Abi Mu'ayt has outwitted me. Then he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and related the whole incident, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) separated her from him (because her waiting period had ended). This hadith is gharib and has a sahih chain of transmission. Although Abu al-Malih is not among the narrators of the two Shaykhs, he is not accused of fabricating hadith, for he was the imam of the people of al-Jazirah in his time. Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ayt is the same lady from whom her son Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman narrates this hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "The one who makes peace between people is not a liar."