An inauthentic hadith that always resurfaces despite our continuous efforts to demonstrate its weakness is:

“The most hated of halal to Allah is divorce.”

Abu Hatim & al-Daraqutni both declared its isnad disconnected between Muharib b. Dithar (d. 116) & the Prophet (d. 11).

Since the points made in this thread are being straw-manned by some individuals attempting to authenticate the report, here are screenshots of Abu Hatim and al-Daraqutni’s criticism of the hadith.

Other points must be made:

There is a reason why al-Bukhari and Muslim simultaneously excluded this report from their Sahihs, along with Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn Hibban.

The first scholar to authenticate the report was al-Hakim, who was known for his leniency in authentication.

Al-Sakhawi mentioned that Abu Dawud’s arrangement of the hadith in his Sunan similarly seems to imply that he too gave precedence to the disconnected redaction over the connected one.

Others agreed as well.

Ibn Abi Dawud, as quoted by Ibn ‘Adiyy in al-Kamil, pointed out that the transmission of this ruling was confined to the city of Kufa, referring to Mu’arrif b. Wasil’s transmission from Muharib b. Dithar.

This is a noteworthy and relevant observation:

The seemingly connected isnad for this report goes back to Ibn Umar, a Medinite.

It would thus be that a conflicting Kufan isnad ascribed this hadith to the Medinite Ibn ‘Umar, while none of Ibn Umar’s known & prominent companions in Medina and elsewhere relayed it from him.

This, in & of itself, is indicative of a potential defect in the hadith’s transmission.

Add to that the fact that this individual Kufan chain embodies conflicting transmission upon its pivot, such that the disconnected redaction is stronger than its connected form...

& you have a pretty clear case.

The “difference in opinion” regarding this hadith didn’t exist until later more lenient hadithists, such as al-Hakim, authenticated it.

Otherwise, the early hadithist community seems to be in agreement with regards to this hadith’s disconnection.