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.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of lawful things, the most disliked in the sight of Allah is divorce." This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. The scholarly standing of this hadith is such that the Book of Divorce should begin with it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is not one of us who turns a woman against her husband or a slave against his master." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) divorced Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), he (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded to take her back, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) took her back. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) divorced Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) and then took her back. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I had a wife whom I loved, but Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked her. He said to me: "Divorce her," but I refused. Then he mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Obey your father and divorce her." So I divorced her. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. Al-Harith bin Abdur-Rahman al-Madani is the maternal uncle of Ibn Abi Dhi'b, and both Shaykhs used him as evidence!

It is narrated from Abu Abdur-Rahman al-Sulami that a man came to Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "My mother kept after me until I married, and now she orders me to divorce her." He said: "I am not the one to order you to disobey your mother, nor do I order you to divorce your wife. However, if you wish, I will tell you the hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: 'The father (parents) is the middle gate of Paradise.' Now it is your choice whether to guard that gate or to lose it." This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "There are three things which, said in earnest, are earnest, and said in jest, are also counted as earnest: marriage, divorce and taking back (a divorced wife)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain, and its narrator Abdur-Rahman bin Habib is among the trustworthy narrators of Madinah, 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 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has pardoned my Ummah for mistakes, forgetfulness and what they are coerced into doing." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.