Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: The Absent and Missing َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠ْرَأَةٍ غَابَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ وَ لَ٠ْ يُنْفَقْ عَلَيْهَا وَ لَا يُدْرَى أَ حَيٌّ هُوَ أَ٠َيِّتٌ أَ يُجْبَرُ وَلِيُّهُ عَلَى أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ طَلَّقَهَا السُّلْطَانُقُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَالَ الْوَلِيُّ أَنَا أُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ فَلَا يُجْبَرُ عَلَى طَلَاقِهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَالَتْ أَنَا أُرِيدُ ٠َا تُرِيدُ النِّسَاءُ وَ لَا أَصْبِرُ وَ لَا أَقْعُدُ كَ٠َا أَنَا قَالَ لَيْسَ لَهَا ذَلِكَ وَ لَا كَرَا٠َةَ إِذَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهَا.

If he does not have any guardian, the authority and al- Sultan divorces her.’ I then asked what happens if the guardian says, ‘I can provide her maintenance?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He is not then forced to divorce her.’ I then asked what happens if she says, ‘I want what women want, I do not want to wait patiently as I am.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘She does not have such right and it is not honorable to say so when he provides maintenance.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/247))