495 – ʿAbdullāh ibn Yūnus narrated to me; my father narrated to me; he said: al-Ḥasan ibn Dīnār narrated to me, from al-Ḥasan, who said:

ʿUmar once asked his daughter Ḥafṣah, “How long can a woman endure separation from her husband?” She answered, “Six months.” So he declared, “In that case, I will never dispatch any man for longer than six months.”