Abd al-Rahman said: Al-Hasan did not hear anything from Abu Hurayrah.(1)

3462 - Muhammad ibn Salamah informed us, saying: Ibn al-Qasim informed us, from Malik, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from 'Amrah bint 'Abd al-Rahman, that she informed him
from Habibah bint Sahl, that she was the wife of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas, and that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, went out for the dawn prayer and found Habibah bint Sahl at his door in the darkness before dawn.

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(1) Its narrators are trustworthy, but its chain is weak due to its discontinuity. Al-Hasan — who is Ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Basri — did not hear from Abu Hurayrah, as the author noted immediately after the hadith. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in his "Tahdhib" (in the biography of al-Hasan) the same from Abu Zur'ah and Abu Hatim and others. However, al-Hafiz, may Allah have mercy on him, cited al-Hasan's aforementioned statement following the hadith with the wording: "I did not hear from Abu Hurayrah anything other than this hadith," then said: This supports that he did hear from Abu Hurayrah in general. This ends his words. He also cited it likewise in "al-Fath" 9/403. It appears that al-Hafiz erred in this, for the wording of al-Hasan's statement following the hadith is: "I did not hear it from anyone other than Abu Hurayrah," and in copies (R) and (M) it is "we did not hear it" instead of "I did not hear it," which differs from what al-Hafiz quoted from him. Perhaps al-Hasan meant by this statement that this hadith was not heard or narrated — to his knowledge — from anyone other than Abu Hurayrah. And Allah knows best. Wuhayb is Ibn Khalid, and Ayyub is Ibn Abi Tamimah al-Sakhtiyani. The hadith is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (5626).

Ahmad also narrated it (9358) from 'Affan ibn Muslim al-Saffar, from Wuhayb ibn Khalid, with this chain.

Al-Daraqutni said in "al-'Ilal" 5/186: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated it from Qatadah, Humayd, and Yunus, from al-Hasan, as mursal, and likewise Sa'id narrated it from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, as mursal. End of his words.

The hadith was also narrated from Thawban in al-Tirmidhi (1186), from 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir in al-Tabarani's "al-Mu'jam al-Kabir" 17/(935), and from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud in Abu Nu'aym's "Hilyat al-Awliya'" 8/375-376, and their chains are weak.

Ahmad narrated (22440) with a sound chain from Thawban, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Any woman who asks her husband for divorce without cause, the fragrance of Paradise is forbidden to her." Ibn Hibban declared it authentic (4184).

Al-Sindi said: His statement "al-muntazi'at wa al-mukhtali'at" in "al-Nihayah" means those women who seek khul' and divorce from their husbands without excuse.