Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: The Two Arbitrators in the case of Discord َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ الْعَبْدَ الصَّالِحَ ( عليه السلا٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِنْ خِفْتُ٠ْ شِقاقَ بَيْنِهِ٠ا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَ٠ِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ حَكَ٠ِنْ أَهْلِها فَقَالَ يَشْتَرِطُ الْحَكَ٠َانِ إِنْ شَاءَا فَرَّقَا وَ إِنْ شَاءَا جَ٠َعَا فَفَرَّقَا أَوْ جَ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Ali ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “I once asked the virtuous servant of Allah (a.s.), about the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘If you are afraid of discord between them then send one arbitrator from his people and another from her people.’ (4:35) He (the Imam) then said, ‘The two arbitrators stipulate upon them that their decision to separate or bring them together must be treated binding and on that basis if they separate or bring them together it is permissible.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/244))