1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from ‘ Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has narrated the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about a judge between two towns who receives his wages from al-Sultan. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is a sinful earning.”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from his brother al-Hassan from Zur‘ah from Sama‘ah, who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Accepting a bribe to issue a judgment is denial of the existence of Allah.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ibn Muskan from Yazid ibn Farqad who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about al-Suht (sinful earning). He (the Imam) said, ‘It is accepting a bribe to issue judgments.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.