Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Barirah’s husband was a slave, his name was Mughith. This scene is still before my eyes: he was following behind her, weeping, and his tears were flowing down his beard. So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abbas, are you not amazed at how much Mughith loves Barirah and how much Barirah dislikes Mughith? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to that woman: If you return to him (it would be appropriate), for he is the father of your child. The woman said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Are you commanding me in this matter? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I am only interceding. So the woman said: I have no need to live with him.

Abdullah bin Ali narrates from his father, who reports from his grandfather: He gave his wife a talaq-e-battah (irrevocable divorce) and then presented himself before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: What did you mean by it? He replied: One (divorce). The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: By Allah, is it so? He replied: By Allah, it is so. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It will be counted according to what you intended. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The narrator named Zubair bin Saeed is Zubair bin Saeed bin Sulaiman bin Naufal bin Harith bin Abdul Muttalib. His mother is Hamadah bint Yaqub bin Saeed bin Naufal bin Harith bin Abdul Muttalib. He passed away during the caliphate of Abu Ja'far.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) divorced Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), then he (peace and blessings be upon him) took her back.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) and she was crying. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Why are you crying? Perhaps the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has divorced you. Even if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has divorced you, because of me he will take you back. By Allah! If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) divorces you (i.e., such a divorce in which there is no possibility of return), then I would never speak to you."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) took an oath of abstention (ila’) from his wives, and at that time, he also had an injury on his leg. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in an upper room for twenty-nine days, then he came down from there. The people said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You had taken an oath of abstention for one month. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A month can (sometimes) be of twenty-nine days.

Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) took an oath of abstention (ila) from his wives. The Prophet (peace be upon him) made the forbidden permissible (i.e., he retracted from it) and offered expiation for the oath.

Sayyida Khawla bint Tha'laba (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: By Allah! Allah Almighty revealed the opening verses of Surah Al-Mujadila regarding me and (my husband) Aws bin Samit. She says: I was his wife; he was an elderly man whose character was not good, and he used to scold and rebuke. She says: One day he came to me, and during an argument, I replied to something; so he became angry and said: "You are to me like the back of my mother (i.e., unlawful for me)." Then he left the house and sat for a while in the gathering place of his people, then came back to me. He wanted to be intimate with me. She says: I said, "Never! By the One in Whose hand is Khawla's soul, because of what you have said, you cannot come near me until Allah and His Messenger decide about this matter." She says: He attacked me, and I tried to protect myself from him. She says: I overpowered him as much as a woman can overpower an old man; I got him under me, then I went to my neighbor's house, borrowed a sheet for temporary use, and then left from there until I reached the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). I sat before you and mentioned the whole situation to you, and I also complained to you about the bad character I had to face from him. She says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Khawla, he is your elderly cousin; fear Allah regarding him." She said: By Allah, I was still there when the command of the Qur'an was revealed. The special state (that would come upon him at the time of revelation) came over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and when that state ended, he said: "O Khawla! Allah Almighty has revealed a command regarding you and your husband." She says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse before me: "Allah has indeed heard the statement of the woman who disputes with you concerning her husband and complains to Allah..." up to "for the disbelievers is a painful punishment." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tell him (i.e., your husband) to free a slave." She says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He does not possess anything to free." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then let him fast for two consecutive months." She says: I said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He is an old man; he does not have the strength to fast." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then let him feed sixty poor people with a wasq of dates." I said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He does not have that either." She says: So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We will help him with a large basket of dates." She says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I will help him with another basket." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have done right and you have done well. Go and give charity on his behalf, and accept the advice of kindness regarding your cousin." So she says: I did just that.

Sayyida Habibah bint Sahal Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: She was the wife of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qais bin Shamas (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went out of his house for the morning prayer and found Habibah bint Sahal standing at his door in the darkness. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: What has happened to you? The woman replied: There can be no reconciliation between me and Thabit bin Qais, meaning she said this about her husband. When Thabit came, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: This is Habibah bint Sahal, she has mentioned what Allah willed. So Sayyida Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), whatever he gave me (as dowry) is with me. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qais: Take it from her. So he took it from her and the woman returned to her family.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One night we were present in the mosque of Madinah with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). A man said: What is your opinion if a person finds another man with his wife, and if he kills that other man, will you people kill him (in retaliation)? And if he remains silent, he will remain silent in a state of anger (or he will remain silent over a matter on which anger is justified). By Allah! I will definitely ask the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about this. The next day, he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and asked about this matter: He said: If a person finds another man with his wife and kills him, you people will kill him (in retaliation). If he accuses (without proof), you people will flog him. And if he remains silent, he remains silent over a matter on which anger is justified. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) (or that man) prayed: O Allah! Grant relief. Then this verse was revealed: "And those who accuse their wives..." These verses are about li'an (mutual cursing). Then that man and his wife came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Both of them performed li'an. The man swore by Allah four times, testifying that he was truthful, and the fifth time he said: May the curse of Allah be upon him if he is lying. Then the woman wanted to perform li'an, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her: Wait. But the woman performed li'an. When she left, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Perhaps this woman will give birth to a child with dark skin and curly hair. (The narrator says) Then that woman gave birth to a child with dark skin and curly hair. Ishaq, the narrator, says: Yahya bin Ma'in narrated this. I said to Jarir: No one except you has narrated this from A'mash. So Jarir said: I have heard this narration from him.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him),“O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is your opinion, if I find another man with my wife, should I give that man respite so that I may first bring four witnesses?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Yes.”