What is the authenticity of the hadith: "The most disliked of lawful things to Allah is divorce"?

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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The questioner : The hadith, O Shaykh, is one I always hear discussed. Is it authentic or not? ...

The lawful thing which Allah hates most is divorce.

أبغض الحلال عند الله الطلاق

Bulugh al-Maram 8:119

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The Shaykh : This hadith

The most disliked of lawful things to Allah is divorce

أبغض الحلال عند الله إلى الله الطلاق

is weak, but there is no doubt that a person should not divorce, and the original ruling regarding divorce is that it is disliked. This is because Allah the Exalted encouraged us to keep our wives even if we dislike them, and He said:

For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.

فَإِنْ كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئاً وَيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْراً كَثِيراً

[An-Nisa 4:19]

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded keeping the wife even if she has a defect, and he said:

And if you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her.

إن ذهبت تقيمها كسرتها وكسرها طلاقها

Sahih Muslim 1467b

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