وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ فَكَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى كَبِرَتْ فَتَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهَا فَتَاةً شَابَّةً فَآثَرَ الشَّابَّةَ عَلَيْهَا فَنَاشَدَتْهُ الطَّلاَقَ فَطَلَّقَهَا وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ أَمْهَلَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَتْ تَحِلُّ رَاجَعَهَا ثُمَّ عَادَ فَآثَرَ الشَّابَّةَ فَنَاشَدَتْهُ الطَّلاَقَ فَطَلَّقَهَا وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ رَاجَعَهَا ثُمَّ عَادَ فَآثَرَ الشَّابَّةَ فَنَاشَدَتْهُ الطَّلاَقَ فَقَالَ مَا شِئْتِ إِنَّمَا بَقِيَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ فَإِنْ شِئْتِ اسْتَقْرَرْتِ عَلَى مَا تَرَيْنَ مِنَ الأُثْرَةِ وَإِنْ شِئْتِ فَارَقْتُكِ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ بَلْ أَسْتَقِرُّ عَلَى الأُثْرَةِ ‏.‏ فَأَمْسَكَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يَرَ رَافِعٌ عَلَيْهِ إِثْمًا حِينَ قَرَّتْ عِنْدَهُ عَلَى الأُثْرَةِ ‏.‏

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Rafi ibnKhadij married the daughter of Muhammad ibn Maslama al-Ansari. She waswith him until she grew older, and then he married a young girl andpreferred the young girl to her. She begged him to divorce her, so hedivorced her and then he gave her time until she had almost finishedher idda period and then he returned and still preferred the younggirl. She therefore asked him to divorce her. He divorced her once,and then returned to her, and still preferred the young girl, and sheasked him to divorce her. He said, "What do you want? There is onlyone divorce left. If you like, continue and put up with what you seeof preference, and if you like, I will separate from you." She said,"I will continue in spite of the preference." He kept her in spite ofthat. Rafi did not see that he had done any wrong action when sheremained with him in spite of preference. Translation Not Available

Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 28 Hadith 1152
Web Ref:  Muwatta Imam Malik Book 28 Hadith 57

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