Divorce
7 sayings
Allah has not made permissible anything more abominable to Him than divorce.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 27871; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 251 link
Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, despises or excludes from His mercy every man who is quick to contract new marriages, and every woman who does so.
al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 54, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 251 link
Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, despises every man who is quick to contract new divorces and marriages.
al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 55, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 251 link
Nothing is more abominable to Allah from all that He has made permissible than divorce, and verily Allah despises one who is quick to contract new divorces and marriages.
al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 54, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 251 link
Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, loves the house wherein a wedding is taking place, and despises the house wherein a divorce is in process, and nothing is more abominable to Allah than divorce
al-Kafi, v. 6, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 251 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Imam al-Rida (AS) was once asked the reason why a man is not allowed to remarry his divorc e numerous times unless she has married another husband first, to which he replied, 'Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, has permitted revocable divorce twice, and said: "[Revocable] divorce may be only twice; then [let there be] either an honourable retention, or a kindly release" [Qur'an 2:229], meaning the third time around. Because of his contracting this divorce that Allah despises so, three times over, Allah prohibits him from doing it again, so she [his divorc e] is not lawful for him until she marries another husband [and he divorces her], in order that people do not plunge into divorce, taking it as a light matter, and in order that women may not be caused to suffer in the process.'
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 85, no. 27; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 252 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
The reasoning behind the divorce being permissible three times is to do with the respite it gives [each party to think] between the first to the third time for in that time, a desire [for one's spouse] may arise or one's rage may subside. Also, [it has been restricted to three] in order to discipline and deter women from disobeying their husbands [time after time] whereby she may have become deserving of separation and distancing for doing something to disobey her husband. The reason why a woman becomes unlawful for a man after nine counts of divorce, where he is absolutely not allowed a woman and is punishable for it, is in order that people do not make a jest of divorce and so that women are not abased, and so that man may consider his situation carefully and vigilantly [before plunging into marriage and divorce], and that he may feel despair at ever coming back together with a woman after having divorced nine times.
Ellal al-Shara'ie, p. 507, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 252 link
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