Hadith #275
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ بَكْرِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَالْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ كَانَتْ حَبِيبَةُ ابْنَةُ سَهْلٍ تَحْتَ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَكَرِهَتْهُ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا دَمِيمًا فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاهُ فَلَوْلَا مَخَافَةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَبَزَقْتُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَرُدِّينَ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيقَتَهُ الَّتِي أَصْدَقَكِ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَرَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيقَتَهُ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوَّلَ خُلْعٍ كَانَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ
Isnad Chain
عبد القدوس بن بكر بن خنيس
حجاج
عمرو بن شعيب
أبيه
عبد الله بن عمرو والحجاج
محمد بن سليمان بن أبي حثمة
سهل بن أبي حثمة
English Translation
ʿAbd al-Quddūs ibn Bakr ibn Khunays narrated to us: Ḥajjāj informed us, from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr; and al-Ḥajjāj from Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abī Ḥathmah, from his uncle Sahl ibn Abī Ḥathmah, who said: Ḥabībah bint Sahl was married to Thābit ibn Qays ibn Shammās al-Anṣārī. She disliked him, as he was an unattractive man. She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, when I see him, were it not for fear of Allāh عز وجل, I would spit in his face.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Will you return to him the garden he gave you as dowry?' She said: 'Yes.' So he sent for him, and she returned his garden to him, and he separated them. That was the first khulʿ (divorce initiated by the wife) in Islam.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 275
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15513
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51903