It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The divorce of a slave woman is two pronouncements, and her waiting period is two menstrual cycles." Abu Asim said: I mentioned this to Muzahir bin Aslam and said: "Narrate it to me just as you narrated it to Ibn Jurayj," and he narrated it to me in the same way through Sayyidah Aishah. Muzahir bin Aslam is an elder of the people of Basrah whom none of the eminent hadith scholars has criticised, so this hadith is sahih, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. However, a hadith has been narrated from Ibn Abbas that apparently contradicts it.

It is narrated from Abu Hasan (a freed slave of Banu Nawfal) that he asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) for a ruling about a slave who was married to a slave woman; he gave her two divorces, and after that they were both freed: may he now propose marriage to her (again)? He said: "Yes, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave this very judgement."

Hammad bin Zayd said: I asked Ayyub: Do you know of anyone who held the same view as al-Hasan (al-Basri) concerning «amruki bi-yadiki» ("your matter is in your hand"), that it counts as three (divorces)? He said: No, except something that Qatadah narrated to us from Kathir, the freed slave of Abd al-Rahman bin Samurah, from Abu Salamah, from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), to the same effect. Ayyub said: When Kathir came to us, I asked him, and he said: "I have never narrated this hadith." I mentioned this to Qatadah, and he said: "Of course (he narrated it), but he has now forgotten." This is a gharib and sahih hadith from the narration of Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani. In the Book of Marriage, in the chapter "Marriage without a guardian", I have mentioned the names of trustworthy hadith scholars, Companions and Successors, who narrated a hadith and then forgot it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the wife of Thabit bin Qays sought khul' (divorce at the wife's request) from him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set her waiting period at one menstrual cycle. This hadith has a sahih chain of transmission; however, Abd al-Razzaq narrated it from Ma'mar as mursal.

It is narrated from Ikrimah that the wife of Thabit bin Qays sought khul' from him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set her waiting period at one menstrual cycle.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she intended to free a married slave couple, and she asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed her to begin (the freeing) with the man before the woman. 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 Rafi' bin Sinan (may Allah be pleased with him) that he accepted Islam while his wife refused to accept Islam. They both came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The woman said: My daughter has been weaned (that is, she is now attached to me), while Rafi' said: She is my daughter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Rafi': "Sit on one side," and said to his wife: "Sit on the other side." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) seated the girl between them and said: "Both of you call her." The girl began to incline towards her mother, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma ihdiha' (O Allah, guide her). So she (immediately) inclined towards her father, and he took her. This hadith has a sahih chain of transmission, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came from Yemen and related that three men of Yemen had come to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), disputing over a child; all three had been intimate with one woman during a single period of purity. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to two of them at a time, in turn: Willingly hand this child over to the third, but they would not agree. Then Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You are partners quarrelling obstinately with one another. Now I will cast lots between you; the one whose name comes out will have the child, and he will pay his two companions two-thirds of the blood money (as compensation)." So he cast lots between them and gave the child to the one whose name came out. (When this story was related to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him),) he (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed until his molar teeth became visible. The two Shaykhs agreed on not using al-Ajlah bin Abdullah al-Kindi as evidence; they objected to only one hadith of his, yet three trustworthy narrators corroborated him in that hadith. So this hadith is sahih, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a woman said: O Messenger of Allah! This is my son; my womb was his vessel (his dwelling), my breast was his water-skin, and my lap was his shelter. Now his father has divorced me and wants to take him away from me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "You have more right to him (to raise him) as long as you do not marry (again)." This hadith has a sahih chain of transmission, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: My maternal aunt had been divorced with three pronouncements. She went out (of the house) to harvest her dates, and a man met her and forbade her (from going out during the waiting period). She came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do go out and harvest your dates; perhaps you will give some of it in charity or do some other good deed." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.