[Machine] About Sadaq ibn Baniyya, he used to say that after the one who holds the marriage knot, the husband has the right to either forgive her from the entire Sadaq and give it to her, or she has the right to forgive half of the Sadaq that Allah has ordained for her. And if they disagree, she has the right to half of the Sadaq. With this chain of narration from Shu'ayb, he said, "By Allah, Shurayh never issued a judgment dumber than him when he left his first statement and took this one."  

عَنْ صَدَاقِ بَنِيَّ مَرَّةً فَكَانَ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ عُقْدَةُ النِّكَاحِ الزَّوْجُ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنِ الصَّدَاقِ كُلِّهِ فَيُسَلِّمَهُ إِلَيْهَا أَوْ تَعْفُوَ هِيَ عَنِ النِّصْفِ الَّذِي فَرَضَ اللهُ لَهَا وَإِنْ تَشَاحَّا فَلَهَا نِصْفُ الصَّدَاقِ 14452 وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ وَاللهِ مَا قَضَى شُرَيْحٌ قَضَاءً قَطُّ كَانَ أَحْمَقَ مِنْهُ حِينَ تَرَكَ قَوْلَهُ الْأَوَّلَ وَأَخَذَ بِهَذَا