that he had divorced his wife while she was menstruating during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) .`Umar bin Al-Khattab asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about that. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Order him (your son) totake her back and keep her till she is clean and then to wait till she gets her next period and becomesclean again, whereupon, if he wishes to keep her, he can do so, and if he wishes to divorce her he candivorce her before having sexual intercourse with her; and that is the prescribed period which Allahhas fixed for the women meant to be divorced."