Is the saying, "The most detestable of lawful things to Allah is divorce," correct, and does it have a basis in the Quran or Sunnah?

The statement "The most detestable of lawful things to Allah is divorce" has been attributed to the Prophet, peace be upon him, though some scholars have deemed it weak. There is nothing in the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah that confirms it verbatim, but both encourage the continuity of affection and good companionship between spouses. A group of scholars has stipulated that divorce is subject to the five legal rulings:

- Obligatory (Wajib): Such as the divorce of an mu'li (one who has sworn not to have sexual relations with his wife) or what the two arbitrators deem necessary in a dispute.

- Disliked (Makruh): This is divorce without need.

- Permissible (Mubah): When there is a need to avert harm from oneself.

- Recommended (Mustahabb): When the woman is harmed by the marriage, or when she falls short in fulfilling Allah's rights and the husband is unable to compel her.

- Forbidden (Mamnu'/Mahdhur): This is innovative divorce (Talaq al-Bid'ah), such as divorcing a woman with whom intercourse has occurred during her menstruation or during a period of purity in which he had intercourse with her, except in specific cases such as an unconsummated marriage, a young girl, a woman past childbearing age, or a pregnant woman whose pregnancy is evident.