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 ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ ٠َرِ بْنِ عَطَاءِ بْنِ وَشِيكَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) يَقُولُ لَا يَصْلُحُ النَّاسُ فِي الطَّلَاقِ إِلَّا بِالسَّيْفِ وَ لَوْ وَلِيتُهُ٠ْ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

Had I been governing them I would return them to the book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/97))