Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated: During the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and for two years of the leadership/caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), three divorces were counted as only one divorce. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You were commanded to be patient and forbearing regarding divorce, but you hastened in your forbearance, so we have enforced your hastiness upon you."

It is narrated from Tawoos (may Allah have mercy on him) that Abu As-Sahba said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): Present something from your words—were not three divorces counted as one during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)? The matter was like that. When the era of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came, people began to give divorce without thinking, so he enforced it upon them.

It is narrated from Tawoos (may Allah have mercy on him) that Abu As-Sahba said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): "Do you not know that during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and for three years of the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), three divorces were counted as only one?" So Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: "Yes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "If a husband has not had relations with his wife and gives her three divorces at once, then they will take effect upon her."

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: I mentioned this to Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him), so he said: I testify that I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) considering them as one. The narrator stated, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is only one, even if he combined them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Whether marital relations have been established with a woman or not, in the matter of three divorces, they are equal.

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: One of my ancestors gave his wife a thousand divorces, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) enforced it. And he said: "Your father did not adopt piety, so he did not make any way out for him. Three of them have been enforced on his behalf, and the rest are excess; he has made a mockery of the verses of Allah."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace be upon him) said: "The best among your women is the one whose dowry is the easiest among you." Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: Even if it is one dirham, it is lawful.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: We participated with Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in the funeral of the noble wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Maymunah, at the place of Saraf. He said: This is the noble wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so when you lift her body, do not shake it, do not jolt it, and be gentle. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had nine pure wives; he had assigned turns for eight of them, but had not assigned a turn for one. Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We found out that the one for whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not assigned a turn was Lady Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned his daughter Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her) to her husband Abu Al-As bin Al-Rabi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) with the first marriage after two years.