It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he recited this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "O you who believe, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them" [Surah al-Ahzab: 49] , and said: "Divorce only takes place when marriage has already taken place before it." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Imam al-Hakim says: I am astonished at these two Imams (Bukhari and Muslim), how they overlooked this hadith and did not record it in their two Sahihs, whereas on the condition of both of them this hadith is authentically established from Ibn Umar, Aishah, Ibn Abbas, Mu'adh bin Jabal and Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them).