The Authenticity of the Hadith: “The Most Hated of What Is Lawful to Allah Is Divorce”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it established what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned regarding the hadith, “The most hated of what is lawful to Allah is divorce”?
Answer:
Yes, this is transmitted, and scholars repeat it on their tongues. The fact that it is transmitted indicates that Allah hates divorce, but He legislated it for the sake of the need for it, despite His hatred of it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it established what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned regarding the hadith, “The most hated of what is lawful to Allah is divorce”?
Answer:
Yes, this is transmitted, and scholars repeat it on their tongues. The fact that it is transmitted indicates that Allah hates divorce, but He legislated it for the sake of the need for it, despite His hatred of it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن تابعي التابعين ومن بعدهم — islamhouse.com (41:20)
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