The companions رضي الله عنهم
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما
عبد الله بن عمر
A companion who received direct guidance about divorce and followed encouragement to pray at night.
He followed the encouragement to pray at night
His challenges and choices
- After he divorced his wife during menstruation, the Prophet ﷺ instructed that he take her back and explained the proper timing of divorce.
His standing in the sources
- He told his dream to Ḥafṣah رضي الله عنها, who related it to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ called him a good man and encouraged night prayer; afterward he slept only a little at night.
In the Qur'an
- Aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:1 — The Prophet ﷺ explained the commanded timing of divorce; this is application, not an occasion claim.Cited or recited in the report — not a revelation occasion
Connected lives
- Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib رضي الله عنه
Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما reported finding him among the dead with more than ninety wounds from stabbing and projectiles.
- Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar رضي الله عنها
He told his dream to Ḥafṣah رضي الله عنها, who related it to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ called him a good man and encouraged night prayer; afterward he slept only a little at night.
Sources and accounts
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ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما
He followed the encouragement to pray at night
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1121; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1122After he divorced his wife during menstruation, the Prophet ﷺ instructed that he take her back and explained the proper timing of divorce.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5251He told his dream to Ḥafṣah رضي الله عنها, who related it to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ called him a good man and encouraged night prayer; afterward he slept only a little at night.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1121; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 112265:1 — The Prophet ﷺ explained the commanded timing of divorce; this is application, not an occasion claim.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5251Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1121; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1122; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5251; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1121; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1122
Connected accounts
Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib رضي الله عنه — Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما reported finding him among the dead with more than ninety wounds from stabbing and projectiles.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4261Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar رضي الله عنها — He told his dream to Ḥafṣah رضي الله عنها, who related it to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ called him a good man and encouraged night prayer; afterward he slept only a little at night.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1121; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1122