Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If someone writes a divorce and then erases it before uttering it, nothing will happen, unless he acts upon it or says it with his tongue.

This same statement is also narrated from Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) through another chain of transmission.

Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If someone wrote a divorce, it became binding, whether he uttered it or not.

Ibrahim Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If someone wrote a divorce with his own hand, then the divorce has taken effect.

Hazrat Aamir Sha'bi and Hakam (may Allah have mercy on them) said: Whoever wrote a divorce, it is binding in the same way as if it was pronounced.

Hazrat Aamir Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If someone wrote a letter to his wife: When my letter reaches you, start your waiting period ('iddah), and the letter did not reach her and he died, then nothing will happen.

Hazrat Aamir Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If someone wrote a letter to his wife: "Begin your 'iddah," and the wife passed away before the letter reached her, then if the 'iddah was not completed, she will share in the inheritance, otherwise not.

Hazrat Aamir Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If someone wrote a letter to his wife and the wife says that she did not receive the letter, but the husband has given divorce, whether the letter reaches her or not, she must act according to the husband's command.

Hazrat Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If someone said to his wife, "Succeed," and intended divorce, then divorce will take place.