Does the Throne of Allaah shake because of divorce?

Question

Praise be to Allah.

A hadeeth concerning that has been narrated from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but it is a fabricated and
false hadeeth.

This is what has been narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may
Allaah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not issue divorce, for the Throne shakes
because of divorce.” Narrated by Ibn ‘Adiyy in al-Kaamil (5/112) and
by al-Khateeb in Tareekh Baghdaad (12/191), and via Ibn al-Jawzi in
al-Mawdoo’aat (2/277), via ‘Amr ibn Jumay’ from Juwaybir from
al-Dahhaak from al-Nazzaal ibn Sabrah from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah
be pleased with him).

Ibn al-Jawzi said:

It is a mawdoo’ (fabricated) hadeeth… ‘Amr ibn Jumay’ used to
narrate munkar ahaadeeth from prominent people, and mawdoo’ ahaadeeth from
sound narrators. End quote.

He was as da’eef (weak) and a fabricator by many scholars,
including the following:

Al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadi in Tareekh Baghdaad (12/187),
Ibn al-Qaysaraani in Dhakheerat al-Huffaaz (2/1147), al-Sakhaawi in
al-Maqaasid al-Hasanah (p. 31), al-Shawkaani in al-Fawaa’id
al-Majmoo’ah (p. 139), al-San’aani and al-‘Ajlooni in Kashf al-Khafa’
(1/361), and al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah (1/278, hadeeth
no. 147).

The fact that the hadeeth
is da’eef does not mean that divorce is permissible and is not disliked by
Allaah. Rather divorce is disliked by Allaah, and is not permissible except
when there is a need for it. A man does not have the right to divorce his
wife for no good reason that makes it permissible.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said:

The basic principle
concerning divorce is that it is forbidden, and it is only permitted as much
as is necessary. End quote.

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 33/81.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

The basic principle concerning divorce is that it is makrooh,
and the evidence for that is the verse in which Allaah says concerning those
who swore not to have intercourse with their wives for four months
(interpretation of the meaning):

“Those who take an oath not to have sexual relation with
their wives must wait for four months, then if they return (change their
idea in this period), verily, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

227. And if they decide upon divorce, then Allaah is
All-Hearer, All-Knower”

[al-Baqarah 2:226-227]

This (the phrase “then
Allaah is All-Hearer, All-Knower”) is a kind of warning, whereas in the
case of taking back the wife, Allaah says, “verily, Allaah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”. This indicates that divorce is not liked
by Allaah, and that the basic principle is that divorce is makrooh. End
quote.

Al-Sharh al-Mumti’,
10/428

And Allaah knows best.