The hadith also has a supporting report attributed to a Companion, narrated by al-Aʿmash from Ibrahim, that ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab said concerning spouses who undergo liʿan, when they have done so: “They are to be separated and shall never reunite.” It was recorded by ʿAbd al-Razzaq and al-Bayhaqi.

I say: Its narrators have all been deemed reliable, but its chain is interrupted between Ibrahim—who is al-Nakhaʿi—and ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab. In light of what has preceded, the hadith is suitable evidence that the separation resulting from liʿan is an annulment, which is the view of al-Shafiʿi, Ahmad, and others. Abu Hanifah held that it is an irrevocable divorce, but the hadith refutes this. This was also the view adopted by Malik, al-Thawri, Abu ʿUbaydah, and Abu Yusuf. It is the correct view, as sound consideration of the wisdom behind separating them requires, as Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah Most High have mercy on him, explained in Zad al-Maʿad; consult it (4/151 and 153–154). Al-Sanʿani likewise inclined to this view in Subul al-Salam (3/241).

2466 — “He would not complete the recitation of the Quran in fewer than three days.”

Ibn Saʿd recorded it in al-Tabaqat (1/376): Yusuf ibn al-Gharq informed us; al-Tayyib ibn Sulayman informed us; ʿAmrah narrated to us, saying: I heard ʿAʾishah, may Allah be pleased with her, say it.

Abu al-Shaykh also recorded it in Akhlaq al-Nabi (pp. 280–281) through another route from Yusuf ibn al-Gharq, with the same chain. I say: This chain contains weakness. Concerning this Yusuf, Ibn Abi Hatim said (4/2/227–228): “I asked my father about him, and he replied: ‘He is not strong.’ I heard my father say that Ahmad ibn Hanbal said:”