Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullahibn Umar and Abu Hurayra were asked about a man who gave his wifepower over herself, and she returned it to him without doing anythingwith it. They said that there was no divorce. (i.e. The man's givinghis wife power over herself was not interpreted as a desire fordivorce on his part.)
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 29, Hadith 16
Arabic reference: Book 29, Hadith 1168