RENAISSANCE JANUARY 2023

38 Monthly Renaissance January 2023 Ḥ ad ī th Studies “Divorce in Jest” Narratives Dr Shehzad Saleem (1) ْﺎﻗﺘﻴﺒ ﻨﺛﺪﺣ ْﺎ ﺣﺎﺗﻢ ﺑ ﻨﺛﺪﺔﺣ ﻋﻞْﻴﺎﻋﻤْﺳ ﻦ ﻋْﻦ ﻟﺮﺪْﺒ ﻋكرْد ﻦْ ﺑﻦﻤْﺣ ٍ ﻋﻄﺎءﻋ ْﻦ ْﻦ ﻣﺎﻫﻚﻋ ﻦْﺑ ْﻦ Â ﻫﺮﻳﺮةﻗ zْ ﻗ ﺎل لْﻮﺳ ر ﺎل ٰ ﷲ ﻋﻠ ﷲ z¡ ٰﺻ وﺳﻠ ۡﻴﻪ ﻢ ٌٌ ﺛﻶﻹثﺟﺪﻫﻦﺟﺪ ﺎحو ﻟﻄ o ٌْوﻫﺰﻟﻬﻦﺟﺪ ﻟﻨ ْﻶﻹقو ﻟﺮﺟﻌﺔﻗ ﺑ ﺎل Ä ﻮﻋﻴ U ﻫ ﺬ ﻳﺐ ³ ٌٌٌ ﺣﺪﻳﺚﺣﺴﻦ God’s Messenger said: “There are three things which will treated seriously whether done seriously or in jest: marriage, divorce and revocation of divorce.” 1 Following is the schematic illustration of the isn ā d of this narrative’s variants: 1. Al-Tirmidh ī , Sunan , vol. 3, 490, (no. 1184). See also: Ab ū D ā ’ ū d, Sunan , vol. 2, 259, (no. 2194); Ibn M ā jah, Sunan , vol. 1, 658, (no. 2039); Al-Bayhaq ī , Al-Sunan al-kubr ā , vol. 7, 340, (no. 14770); Al-Bayhaq ī , Al- Sunan al- ṣ ughr ā , vol. 6, 336, (no. 2668); Al-Bayhaq ī , Ma‘rifah al-sunan wa al- ā th ā r , vol. 5, 469, (no. 4428); Al- Ḥā kim, Al-Mustadrak , vol. 2, 216, (no. 2800); Al-D ā raqutn ī , Sunan , vol. 3, 256, (no. 45); Ibid., vol. 3, 257, (no. 46); Ibid., vol. 3, 257, (no. 47); Ibid., vol. 3, 257, (no. 48); Al- Ṭ a ḥā w ī , Shar ḥ mushkil al- ā th ā r , vol. 3, 98; Al-Mizz ī , Tahdh ī b al-kam ā l , vol. 17, 53; Al-Baghaw ī , Tafs ī r , vol. 1, 210.