Tawus said A man called Abu Al Sahba used to ask Ibn Abbas questions frequently. He asked “Do you know that when a man divorced his wife by three pronouncement before sexual intercourse with her, they (the people) made it a single divorce during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, of Abu Bakr and in the early phase of the caliphate of Umar?” Ibn “Abbas said “Yes, when a man divorced his wife by three pronouncement before sexual intercourse they made it a single divorce during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, of Abu Bakr and in the early phase of the caliphate of Umar. When he saw that the people frequently divorced (by three pronouncements) he said “Make them operative on them (i. e., on women)”.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: A guardian has no concern with a woman previously married and has no husband, and an orphan girl (i. e. virgin) must be consulted, her silence being her acceptance.