Ibn Abbas (RA) reported that the (pronouncement) of three divorces during the lifetime of Allahs Messenger ﷺ and that of Abu Bakr (RA) and two years of the caliphate of Umar (RA) (was treated) as one. But Umar bin Khattab (RA) said: Verily the people have begun to hasten in the matter in which they are required to observe respite. So if we had imposed this upon them, and he imposed it upon them.