Hadith No: 2
Al-Hakim al-Nisaburi - Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn
Book of Divorce - May Allah curse the one who makes it lawful and the one who it is made lawful for
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (199)
2859 - Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Mu'mal ibn al-Hasan narrated to me, saying: Al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Sha'arani narrated to me, saying: Abu Salih narrated to me, saying: Al-Layth ibn Sa'd narrated, from his father, from Ibn al-Mubarak, from Mutarrif ibn Abdullah ibn Shikhkhir, that he heard Mufazzal ibn Muhammad, from Zayd ibn Ali, from Muhammad ibn Ali, from his father, Ali ibn Husayn, from Husayn ibn Ali, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, saying: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) say
about a man who divorced his wife three times: 'He cannot return to her until she marries another man and he consummates the marriage with her.'" This is a sound hadith, and its chain of narration is authentic, as they both attested.