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What is the ruling on the Hadith: "The most detestable of lawful things to Allah is divorce," after scholars have differed regarding its authentication and weakening?

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The aforementioned Hadith is not authentic. It was narrated by Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Al-Hakim from the Hadith of Muharib bin Dithar, from Ibn Umar. Abu Hatim, Al-Daraqutni, and Al-Bayhaqi preferred the mursal (missing a Companion in the chain) version of it, and they deemed the connected version weak due to a lack of memorization, its being solitary, and the presence of weakness in its narrators. It also came in a weak and disconnected narration from the Hadith of Mu'adh bin Jabal with the wording: "Allah did not create anything more hateful to Him than divorce."

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