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bayhaqi:14890Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Salamah > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Katab al-Walīd b. Yazīd > Umarāʾ al-Amṣār

[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.  

البيهقي:١٤٨٩٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ نا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ نا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ كَتَبَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ إِلَى أُمَرَاءِ الْأَمْصَارِ أَنْ يَكْتُبُوا إِلَيْهِ بِالطَّلَاقِ قَبْلَ النِّكَاحِ وَكَانَ قَدِ ابْتُلِيَ بِذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ بِالْيَمَنِ فَدَعَا ابْنَ طَاوُسٍ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ شَرُوسٍ وَسِمَاكَ بْنَ الْفَضْلِ فَأَخْبَرَهُمُ ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ شَرُوسٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ وَسِمَاكٌ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَا طَلَاقَ قَبْلَ النِّكَاحِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

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