“If you are not prettier than the moon, I give you three divorces!”
The woman became extremely worried and thought that the divorce has been sanctioned. Consequently, she stopped coming in front of her husband. When the man came to his senses and out of his state of intense love, he became worried too. In fact, he spent the entire night sleepless and in much difficulty. After much worry, the morning came and Musa went straight to Mansur and narrated what had happened. Mansur immediately called the biggest scholars and jurists of the city and presented the story before them. The majority of the scholars felt that the divorce had been sanctioned because the wife was not as pretty as the moon. However, one jurist from amongst them said that the divorce was not valid. When he was asked for the reason he related the verse from the Qur’an, “We have created mankind in the best mould.” (95:4)
Mansur really liked this reply and Musa ibn Eesa was sent away with this answer that the alleged divorce was not valid.
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Imran ibn Hittaan was a renowned eloquent and classical poet of the Khaariji (a misguided sect) sect. There are many stories of his showings. Allamah Zamakshari rahmatullahi alayh narrates that he (Imran ibn Hattaan) had an extremely darkened face and was really ugly. And as ugly as he was, his wife was extremely beautiful. One day, she was staring at his face for a long time and then suddenly said, “Alhamdulillah (all praise is to Allah)!” Imran asked, “What is the matter? What did you say Alhamdulillah upon?” His wife replied, “I had expressed my gratitude to Allah upon this matter that we both are destined for Jannah!” Imran said, “How is that?” She then said, “This is because you have been given a wife like me and you have done shukr (expressed thanks to Allah) on this. And I have received an ugly husband like you upon which I have had to do sabr (be patient). And so Allah has promised the thankful one and the patient one with Jannah!”
Translated from Tarashe
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