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Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad from his father that Ali ibn Abi Talib said, "When a man takes a vow to abstain from intercourse, divorce does not occur immediately. If four months pass, he must declare his intent and either he is divorced or he revokes his vow . " Malik said, "That is what is done among us

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن ابيه، عن علي بن ابي طالب، انه كان يقول اذا الى الرجل من امراته لم يقع عليه طلاق وان مضت الاربعة الاشهر حتى يوقف فاما ان يطلق واما ان يفيء . قال مالك وذلك الامر عندنا