Abu Ishaq said“I was with Al Aswad in the congregational mosque. He said“Fathimah daughter of Qais came to Umar bin Al Khattab (may Allaah be pleased with him). (When she narrated the tradition about her divorce) he said“We are not to leave the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم for the statement of a woman, we do not know whether she remembered it or not. ”

Ubaid Allah said“Marwan sent someone (Qabisah) to Fatimah and asked her (about the case). She said that she was the wife of Abu Hafs. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم appointed Ali as governor in a certain part of Yemen. Her husband also proceeded with him. From there he sent a message to her pronouncing one divorce that had yet remained. He commanded Ayyash bin Abi Rabiah and Al Harith bin Hisham to provide maintenance to her. They said“By Allah there is no sustenance for her except in case she is pregnant. ”She came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم who said“There is no sustenance for you except in case you are pregnant. She then asked permission to shift (from her house) and he gave her permission. ”She asked“Where should I shift. Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ? The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said to Ibn Umm Maktum. He was blind. She would undress herself and he could not see her. She lived there till her waiting period passed. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم married her to Usamah. Qabisah then returned to Marwan and narrated that to him. Marwan said“We did not hear this tradition except from a woman, so we shall follow the reliable practice on which we found the people”. When this reached Fatimah she said“between me and you is the Book of Allah”. Allaah the exalted said“Divorce them for their waiting period. . . ”Thou knowest not it may be that Allaah will afterward bring some new thing to pass. She said“What a new thing will emerge after triple divorce. ”Abu Dawud said“A similar tradition has been narrated by Yunus on the authority of Al Zuhri. As for Al Zubaidi he narrated both traditions, the tradition of Ubaid Allah in the version of Mamar and the tradition of Abu Salamah in the version of Aqil. ”Abu Dawud said“Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated on the authority of Al Zuhri that Qabisah bin Dhuwaib transmitted to him the version which was narrated by Ubaid Allah bin Abd Allaah which has Qabisah then returned to Marwan and informed him about that. ”