18804 - From Sufyan, from Mansur, from Ibrahim (they said): If he says: "Eat," (it is) nothing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Mak'hool (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding this matter that if a person said, "The woman whom I marry is divorced," they considered this binding.

Hazrat Abdul Malik bin Sulaiman (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) that if a person says, "Whichever woman I marry, she is divorced," what is the ruling on this? He replied, "How can you divorce someone whom you do not possess? Divorce only takes place after marriage."

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) and Hazrat Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) state that if a person gives his wife three divorces before consummation, she does not become lawful for him until she marries another husband.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that if a man gives one divorce to a virgin, she will become irrevocably separated (bainah), and if he gives her three divorces before consummation, she will not be lawful for him until she marries another husband.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I was sitting with Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him, may Allah have mercy on him) when a man asked him: If a person gives three divorces to his virgin wife, what is the ruling? Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I said: What is the meaning of three for a virgin, one is sufficient for her. Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him, may Allah have mercy on him) said: What do you know, you are a judge, not a mufti. One divorce will make her irrevocably separated, and three divorces will make her unlawful for him until she marries another man.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), Hazrat Abu Hurairah, and Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) state that if a wife is given three divorces before consummation, she does not become lawful for him until she marries another husband.

Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that if a man gives his wife three divorces before consummation, she does not become lawful for him until she marries another husband.

Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked: If a man gives his wife three divorces before consummation, what is the ruling? She replied: Until another husband marries her and has intercourse with her, she is not lawful for the first husband.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that if a wife is given three divorces before consummation, then she is in the same status as a woman with whom consummation has taken place.