Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): I have heard the command of Allah: "Divorce is twice." Then where did the command for the third divorce come from? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Allah Almighty has also said) "Then either retain [her] in a fair manner or release [her] with kindness (this refers to the third divorce)." The narrator has transmitted this from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), however, the correct version is that this narration is transmitted from Isma'il bin Sumai', from Abu Razin, as a mursal narration from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).