Usul16

Chapter on Judgment Regarding Sheep Grazing in a Cultivated Field

faqih-3408Vol. 3, p. 100-101

لَمْ يَحْكُمَا إِنَّمَا كَانَا يَتَنَاظَرَانِ‌ فَفَهَّمْناها سُلَيْمانَ‌[1].

Hadith.3414 - Jamil ibn Darraj narrated from Zurara, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as): Regarding the words of Allah (swt), the Exalted: "And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field, when the sheep of the people had strayed into it" (Surah Al-Anbiya 21:78). Imam (as) said: "

faqih-3409Vol. 3, p. 101

أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ داوُدَ وَ سُلَيْمانَ إِذْ يَحْكُمانِ فِي الْحَرْثِ‌ قَالَ كَانَ حُكْمُ دَاوُدَ ع رِقَابَ الْغَنَمِ وَ الَّذِي فَهَّمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سُلَيْمَانَ ع أَنْ حَكَمَ لِصَاحِبِ الْحَرْثِ بِاللَّبَنِ وَ الصُّوفِ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ كُلَّهُ‌[2].

I asked Abu al-Hasan (as) about the words of Allah (swt), the Exalted: "And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field" (Surah Al-Anbiya 21:78). Imam (as) said: "The judgment of David (as) was to grant the ownership of the sheep, but what Allah (swt), the Exalted, made Solomon (as) understand wa