قَالَ أَحْمَدُ وَ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
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لَوْ وَلِيتُ أَمْرَ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّمْتُهُمُ الطَّلَاقَ ثُمَّ لَمْ أُوتَ بِأَحَدٍ خَالَفَ إِلَّا أَوْجَعْتُهُ ضَرْباً.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
4. Ahmad has said that certain persons of our people have narrated from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from the virtuous servant (of Allah) has said the following: “Had I been governing people I would teach them how to finalize a divorce case and thereafter make the violators to suffer pain.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/98)