Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 18731 — Calling witnesses to the taking back

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: If a man divorces his wife and does not make witnesses to it, and takes her back and does not make witnesses to that either, what is the ruling? He said: He divorced without following the Shari'ah way and took her back without following the Shari'ah way; he should make witnesses to what he did.