[Machine] A fisherman came forward, saying, "Indeed, marriage is a contract that is made, and divorce is what dissolves it. But how can an unresolved contract be settled before it is made?" So Al-Walid was amazed by what he said, accepted it, and wrote to his employee in Yemen to use it in resolving disputes.
سِمَاكٌ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ إِنَّمَا النِّكَاحُ عُقْدَةٌ تُعْقَدُ وَالطَّلَاقُ يَحُلُّهَا وَكَيْفَ تُحَلُّ عُقْدَةٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُعْقَدُ؟ فَأُعْجِبَ الْوَلِيدُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَأَخَذَ بِهِ وَكَتَبَ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ بِالْيَمَنِ أَنْ يَسْتَعْمِلَهُ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ