Chapter on Avoiding Judgments

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 3

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 3

Chapter on Avoiding Judgments
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

3222 - رَوَى سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : "اِتَّقُوا اَلْحُكُومَةَ فَإِنَّ اَلْحُكُومَةَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ لِلْإِمَامِ اَلْعَالِمِ بِالْقَضَاءِ اَلْعَادِلِ فِي اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَنَبِيٍّ أَوْ وَصِيِّ نَبِيٍّ".

Hadith.3222 - Sulayman ibn Khalid narrated from Abu Abdillah (as) who said: "Beware of judging, for judgment is only for an Imam who is knowledgeable in judicial matters and just among the Muslims, like a prophet or the executor of a prophet."

Ḥadīth 2

3223 - وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لِشُرَيْحٍ : "يَا شُرَيْحُ قَدْ جَلَسْتَ مَجْلِساً مَا جَلَسَهُ إِلاَّ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيٌّ نَبِيٍّ أَوْ شَقِيٌّ ".

Hadith.3223 - Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said to Shurayh: "O Shurayh, you have sat in a position that none has sat in except a prophet, the executor of a prophet, or a wretched person."