The Sufficient (Vol 6) · Hadith 238 (#Ḥadīth #4)

قَالَ أَحْمَدُ وَ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَوْ وَلِيتُ أَمْرَ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّمْتُهُمُ الطَّلَاقَ ثُمَّ لَمْ أُوتَ بِأَحَدٍ خَالَفَ إِلَّا أَوْجَعْتُهُ ضَرْباً .

4. Ahmad has said that certain persons of our people have narrated from abu ‘Abd Allah , 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.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).