موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الطلاقBook: On the Explanation of Divorce
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْحَكَمَيْنِ
What is Reported Regarding the Two Arbitrators
Hadith 1210
حَدَّثَنِي حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ، أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ فِي الْحَكَمَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا إِنْ يُرِيدَا إِصْلاحًا يُوَفِّقِ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا خَبِيرًا سورة النساء آية 35 : " إِنَّ إِلَيْهِمَا الْفُرْقَةَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَالْاجْتِمَاعَ " . قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَذَلِكَ أَحْسَنُ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ الْحَكَمَيْنِ يَجُوزُ قَوْلُهُمَا بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَامْرَأَتِهِ فِي الْفُرْقَةِ وَالْاجْتِمَاعِ
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, has said: "If you fear discord between husband and wife, appoint an arbiter from his people and an arbiter from her people; if they desire reconciliation, Allah will grant them the ability to do so. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware." These arbiters have the authority to separate the husband and wife or to reconcile them.
Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I have heard from the people of knowledge that the statement of the arbiters regarding separation or reconciliation is valid and enforceable, whether the arbiters were appointed with the permission of the husband and wife or without their permission. According to some, their statement is enforceable only in reconciliation. Separation cannot occur without the husband pronouncing divorce, except if the husband has given the arbiter the authority to pronounce divorce, in which case the divorce will be effective.
Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I have heard from the people of knowledge that the statement of the arbiters regarding separation or reconciliation is valid and enforceable, whether the arbiters were appointed with the permission of the husband and wife or without their permission. According to some, their statement is enforceable only in reconciliation. Separation cannot occur without the husband pronouncing divorce, except if the husband has given the arbiter the authority to pronounce divorce, in which case the divorce will be effective.
