الْمَفْقُودُ إِذَا مَضَى لَهُ أَرْبَعُ سِنِينَ بَعَثَ الْوَالِي أَوْ يَكْتُبُ إِلَى النَّاحِيَةِ الَّتِي هُوَ غَائِبٌ فِيهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ أَثَرٌ أَمَرَ الْوَالِي وَلِيَّهُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ عَلَيْهَا فَمَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهَا فَهِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا تَقُولُ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ مَا تُرِيدُ النِّسَاءُ قَالَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ لَهَا وَ لَا كَرَامَةَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُنْفِقْ عَلَيْهَا وَلِيُّهُ أَوْ وَكِيلُهُ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا طَلَاقاً وَاجِباً .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said about the lost one. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The lost one, where there pass by four years for him, the ruler should write to the area in which he disappeared in. So if no trace is found for him, the ruler would order his guardian that he should spend upon her. So whatever he spends upon her, she is his wife’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Suppose she is saying, ‘I want what the women want’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘That is not for her, nor is it honourable. So if his guardian or his representative does not spend upon her, he would be instructed to divorce her, so that would be an Obligatory divorce for her’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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