What is the meaning of the Prophet's saying, "Divorce is for him who seizes the leg"?
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The aforementioned was narrated by Ibn Majah and graded as by Al-Albani. Its wording, narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), states that the Prophet (peace be upon him) ascended the minbar and said: "O people, what is wrong with one of you who marries off his male slave to his female slave and then wishes to separate them? Divorce is only for the one who takes [holds of] the leg [i.e., the husband]." The meaning is that the one who has the right to pronounce divorce is the husband only, even if he is a slave. The master does not have the right to divorce his slave's wife. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Divorce is only for the one to whom intercourse is lawful."
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