نَا نَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ، نَا عُمَرُ بْنُ شَبَّةَ ، نَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ ، نَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ : " وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا سورة النساء آية 35 ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ وَامْرَأَةٌ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِئَامٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ ، فَأَمَرَهُمْ فَبَعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا وَقَالَ لِلْحَكَمَيْنِ : هَلْ تَدْرِيَانِ مَا عَلَيْكُمَا ؟ إِنَّ عَلَيْكُمَا إِنْ رَأَيْتُمَا أَنْ تُفَرِّقَا ، أَنْ تُفَرِّقَا ، فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ : رَضِيتُ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ بِمَا عَلَيَّ فِيهِ وَلِيَّ ، وَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ : أَمَّا الْفُرْقَةُ فَلا ، فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : كَذَبْتَ وَاللَّهِ ، حَتَّى تُقِرَّ بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي أَقَرَّتْ بِهِ " .
Ubaidah narrates: Regarding this verse, he says: "And if you fear a breach between the two, then appoint an arbitrator from his family and an arbitrator from her family." (Ubaidah narrates) A man and a woman came to the service of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Each of them had some people with them. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) instructed them to appoint one arbitrator from the man’s family and one arbitrator from the woman’s family. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to both arbitrators: Do you know what is obligatory upon you? It is obligatory upon you that if you think that they should be separated, then you should separate them. Then the woman said: Regarding what is obligatory upon me and the right that I am to receive, I am pleased with the decision of Allah’s Book (i.e., I am ready to accept it). The man said: I will not accept separation. So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You have spoken wrongly. By Allah! You must also acknowledge what this woman has acknowledged.