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?
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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