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Chapter on Those to Whom Judgment is Permissible and Those to Whom it is Not Permissible

faqih-3210Vol. 3, p. 2

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقُ ع‌ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ يُحَاكِمَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً إِلَى أَهْلِ‌

Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Beware that none of you should take another to judgment before the people of tyranny. Instead, look for a man among you who knows something of our judgments, and appoint him as a judge between you, for indeed I have appointed him as a judge. So refer to him for

faqih-3211Vol. 3, p. 3

لَهُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَماناتِ إِلى‌ أَهْلِها وَ إِذا حَكَمْتُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ تَحْكُمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ‌ قَالَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ‌[2] أَنْ يَدْفَعَ مَا عِنْدَهُ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ وَ أُمِرَتِ الْأَئِمَّةُ أَنْ يَحْكُمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ وَ أُمِرَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَتَّبِعُوهُمْ.

Hadith.3217 - Mualla ibn Khunays narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as). He said: I asked Imam (as) about the saying of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic: "Indeed, Allah (swt) commands you to render trusts to their owners and when you judge between people, to judge with justice." (Surah An-Nisa 4:58) Im

faqih-3214Vol. 3, p. 4

اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَ ما أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‌ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَحاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ‌ وَ قَدْ أُمِرُوا أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِهِ‌ الْآيَةَ[3].

Hadith.3220 - Hariz narrated from Abu Basir, from Abu Abdillah (as) that he said: "Any man who has a dispute with his brother over a right, and he calls him to a man from among your brothers to judge between them, but he refuses and insists on taking him to these (unjust judges), is like those about whom Allah (swt), t