Traditions Claiming Prophet (sav) Divorcing The Wives Without Touching Them
There are contradictory reports in this regard and there is nothing which can be said with certainty. For historical narrations, we can only show our inclination towards a particular incident or opinion based on overall probability of events, there is no way to verify incidents which have contradictory reports. The leprosy reports have contradiction in them, both with resect to the names of women and the reason for divorce, so the best we can say is that it might have occurred ( there is a possibility ) but we do not know with whom and when did it happen. In this regard, the statements of Ibn-e-Abdul Barr and Imam Dahabi are very apt which are also mentioned in the beginning of the article shared in the question. However, it must be kept in mind that Prophet Muhammad (sws) was at certain time forbidden by Allah to divorce any of his wives ( Quran 33:50-52 ) therefore, if some divorce like this had actually happened then it must be before the revelation of these verses. As for the woman mentioned in the narrations quoted above , following discussion might be helpful: Discussion 84719