Is Divorce The Most Disliked Of Permissible Actions? (A Study Of The Authenticity Of

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‘Abdullaah Ibn ‘Umar reports tha tthe Messenger of Allaah said:

“With Allaah, the most disliked thing from the permissible things is divorce.“
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Al-Haakim (d.405h) said that this hadeeth is saheeh and in Talkhees, Al-Haafidh Adh-Dhahabee (d.748h) considered it to be upon the conditions of Muslim.

Shaykh Al-Albaanee says in Irwaa’ul-Ghaleel, after grading the hadeth as da’eef:

“As for Al-Haakim, then he said, ‘An authentic chain of narration.‘ And Adh-Dhahabee added to it saying, ‘I say: It is upon the conditions of Muslim.‘ This is what they have said and there is much difference of opinion regarding Muhammad Ibn ‘Uthmaan Ibn Abee Shaybah. He is mentioned by Adh-Dhahabee in “Al-Meezaan” and in other than it. And here it would suffice you to know that Adh-Dhahabee himself declared him to be da’eef. He said “ ’Abdullaah Ibn Ahmad (Ibn Hanbal) declared him to be a liar and Saalih Jazrah declared him to be reliable.“

I (shaykh Al-Albaanee) say: How does the likes of him (adh-Dhahabee) authenticate his hadeeth? Alos, he has disagreed with Aboo Daawood of Sunan Abee Daawood. In my opinion, Adh-Dhahabee did not give consideration to this difference of opinion, for if he had given it consideration he would not have authenticated the hadeeth. And Allaah knows best.”
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[Irwaa'ul-Ghaleel 6/106-108]

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