Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ بَكْرِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَالْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ كَانَتْ حَبِيبَةُ ابْنَةُ سَهْلٍ تَحْتَ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَكَرِهَتْهُ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا دَمِيمًا فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاهُ فَلَوْلَا مَخَافَةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَبَزَقْتُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَرُدِّينَ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيقَتَهُ الَّتِي أَصْدَقَكِ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَرَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيقَتَهُ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوَّلَ خُلْعٍ كَانَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ.
English Translation
He said: 'Abd al-Quddus ibn Bakr ibn Khunays told us, he said: Hajjaj informed us, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr; and al-Hajjaj, from Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmah, from his uncle Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah, who said: Habibah bint Sahl was married to Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas al-Ansari, but she disliked him — he was an unattractive man — so she came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I see him, and were it not for fear of Allah, Mighty and Sublime, I would spit in his face." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Will you return to him the garden that he gave you as your dowry?" She said, "Yes." So he sent for him, and she returned his garden to him, and he separated them. He said: That was the first khul' [wife-initiated divorce with compensation] that occurred in Islam.