Qaazi Abu Bakr ibn Arabi rahmatullahi alayh narrates that in the time that Mansur was the ruler of Baghdad, a man called Musa ibn Eesa Haashimi said to his wife in a state of intense, intimate love,“If you are not prettier than the moon, I give you three divorces!”The woman became extremely worried and thought that the divorce has been sanctioned. Consequently, she stopped coming in front of her husband.
When the man came to his senses and out of his state of intense love, he became worried too. In fact, he spent the entire night sleepless and in much difficulty.
After much worry, the morning came and Musa went straight to Mansur and narrated what had happened. Mansur immediately called the biggest scholars and jurists of the city and presented the story before them.
The majority of the scholars felt that the divorce had been sanctioned because the wife was not as pretty as the moon. However, one jurist from amongst them said that the divorce was not valid.
When he was asked for the reason he related the verse from the Qur’an, “We have created mankind in the best mould.” (95:4)Mansur really liked this reply and Musa ibn Eesa was sent away with this answer that the alleged divorce was not valid.
