Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَاضِي قَالَا نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ نا الْحَسَنُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ وَحَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا لَوْ أَنَّ مَا تَمْلِكُ مِنْ أَمْرِي كَانَ بِيَدِي لَعَلِمْتُ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ فَإِنَّ مَا أَمْلِكُ مِنْ أَمْرِكِ بِيَدِكِ قَالَتْ قَدْ طَلَّقْتُكَ ثَلَاثًا فَقِيلَ ذَلِكَ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ خَطَّأَ اللهُ نَوْءَهَا فَهَلَّا طَلَّقَتْ نَفْسَهَا إِنَّمَا الطَّلَاقُ عَلَيْهَا وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ
English Translation
A woman said to her husband: If what you possess of authority over me were in my hand, I would know what to do. He said: What I possess of authority over you is in your hand. She said: I have divorced you three times. When this was mentioned to Ibn Abbas, he said: May Allah confound her luck! If only she had divorced herself. Divorce applies to her, not to him.