الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 6, page 79

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Husayn has narrated from Hakam ibn Miskin from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a man is absent from his wife for one year or two years or more, then comes and wants to divorce her when she is experiencing Hayd (menses), he must leave her until she becomes clean, then divorce her.’”

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

1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Jamil ibn Darraj from ’Isma‘il al-Ju‘fiy who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘A man can divorce five kinds of women in all conditions: They are pregnant women, women with whom one has not gone to bed, those whose husbands are absent, those who do not experience Hayd (menses) and those in their menopause.”’

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

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Um ay r from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, Tt is not unlawful to divorce five kinds of women in all conditions. They are those whose husbands are absent, those who do not experience Hayd (menses), women with whom one has not gone to bed, pregnant women, and those in their menopause.’”

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

3. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from ibn Sama‘ah from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jabalah and Ja‘far ibn Sama‘ah from Jamil from ’Isma‘il al- Ju‘fiy who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Five kinds of women can be divorced in all conditions. They are pregnant women, those whose husbands are absent, those who do not experience Hayd (menses), those in their menopause and women with whom one has not gone to bed.’” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil from Tsma‘il al-Ju‘fiy a similar Hadith.

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

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ibn ‘Udhaynah from Zurarah from ibn Bukayr who has said the following: “I can testify that I heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘A man absent from his wife can divorce her by counting new moons and months.’”

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