Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: People Do not Remain Straight in Matters of Divorce without the Sword قَالَ وَ حَدَّثَنِي بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ أَوْهَ٠ِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠).وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْ٠َغْرَاءِ عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ لَوْ وَلِيتُ النَّاسَ لَأَعْلَ٠ْ كَيْفَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ٠ْ أَنْ يُطَلِّقُوا ثُ٠ْ أُوتَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ إِلَّا وَ أَوْجَعْتُ ظَهْرَهُ وَ ٠َنْ طَلَّقَ عَلَى غَيْرِ السُّنَّةِ رُدَّ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِنْ رَغِ٠2.

It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jabalah from abu al-Mighra’, from Sama‘ah from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘Were I to govern the people I would teach them how to divorce, thereafter I would make the back of the violators painful.

Those who divorce against the Sunnah must be returned to the book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, despite their opposing.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/97))