الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 5, page 425

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once asked one of the two Imam, (abu Ja’far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about the case of a man who divorced his wife three times; then another man formed Mut‘ah with her if thereafter she can become lawful for him. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it ( Mut‘ah ) is not enough.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim from al-Hassan al-Sayqal who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who divorces his wife as such that thereafter he cannot marry her without her marriage with another man but a man marries her in the manner of Mut‘ah; if thereafter he can marry her. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, until she enters into what is similar to what from which she has come out.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from al-Muthanna’ from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of a man who divorces his wife in such a way that he cannot remarry her before her marriage with another man, then a slave marries and divorces her; if divorce is destroyed (restriction due to three divorces). He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, because of the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, in His book, “. . . until she marries a husband other than him.” (2:230) He (the Imam) said, ‘He is one of the husbands.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

4. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muthanna’ from abu Hatim who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of a man who divorces his wife in such a way for which he cannot remarry her without her marriage with another man, then another man marries her and does not go to bed with her. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not enough until he tastes her honey.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.