The Two Arbitrators in the case of Discord
Al-Kāfi|Volume 6|Book 2|Chapter 67
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَابْعَثُوا حَكَماً مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ حَكَماً مِنْ أَهْلِها أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَأْذَنَ الْحَكَمَانِ فَقَالَا لِلرَّجُلِ وَ الْمَرْأَةِ أَ لَيْسَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُمَا أَمْرَكُمَا إِلَيْنَا فِي الْإِصْلَاحِ وَ التَّفْرِيقِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ نَعَمْ فَأَشْهَدَا بِذَلِكَ شُهُوداً عَلَيْهِمَا أَ يَجُوزُ تَفْرِيقُهُمَا عَلَيْهِمَا قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا عَلَى طُهْرٍ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ مِنَ الزَّوْجِقِيلَ لَهُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَالَ أَحَدُ الْحَكَمَيْنِ قَدْ فَرَّقْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ لَمْ أُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ لَا يَكُونُ تَفْرِيقٌ حَتَّى يَجْتَمِعَا جَمِيعاً عَلَى التَّفْرِيقِ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا عَلَى التَّفْرِيقِ جَازَ تَفْرِيقُهُمَا .
4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, about the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘. . . an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people’ who then by the permission of both parties and with their stipulation that their decision must be accepted as binding. They then agree in the presence of witnesses; if the decision of the arbitrators to separate them is permissible. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is permissible, however, it must take place in a Hayd (menses)-free period and without sexual intercourse by the husband.’ It then was asked, ‘What happens if one of the arbitrators decides to separate them and the other disagrees?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It cannot take place unless they both agree for separation. If they both agreed then separation is permissible.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/245)
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