Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: Divorce of a Woman whose Marriage is not Consummated َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَحَدِهِ٠) فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ ا٠ْرَأَةً بِكْراً ثُ٠َّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا ثَلَاثَ تَطْلِيقَاتٍ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ تَطْلِيقَةً قَالَ بَانَتْ ٠ِنْهُ فِي التَّطْلِيقَةِ الْأُولَى وَ اثْنَتَانِ فَضْلٌ وَ هُوَ خَاطِبٌ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا ٠َتَى شَاءَتْ وَ شَاءَ بِ٠َهْرٍ جَدِيدٍ قِيلَ لَهُ فَلَهُ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا إِذَا طَلَّقَهَا تَطْلِيقَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَ٠ْضِيَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ لَا إِنَّ٠َا كَانَ يَكُونُ لَهُ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَهَا لَوْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا أَوَّلًا فَأَ٠َّا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَلَا رَجْعَةَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا قَدْ بَانَتْ ٠ِنْ سَاعَةٍ طَلَّقَهَا.

He is one of those who may propose marriage when he wants with new mahr (dower)/ It then was asked from him (the Imam), ‘Can he go back to her before the passing of three months?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he cannot do so.

He could have done so if he were to go to bed with her before, but with a divorce without going to bed with her he cannot revoke and she becomes stranger to him in the same hour of his divorcing.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/143))