The Meaning of the Hadith: “Divorce is only for the one who takes by the leg”
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 2081Da'if (Darussalam)?
Answer:
What is meant by it is restricting divorce to the husband; because he is the one who takes his wife by the leg, which is an idiom for sexual intercourse. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Divorce belongs to the one who takes hold of the calf (i.e., her husband).
إنما الطلاق لمن أخذ بالساقAnswer:
What is meant by it is restricting divorce to the husband; because he is the one who takes his wife by the leg, which is an idiom for sexual intercourse. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٧٧-كتاب الطلاق - ١٨-١-٢٥ هـ — archive.org (58:31)
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