Chapter on Judgment by Lot

'I have not yet done justice to my Lord (azj),' and repeated the lot three more times. When it fell on the camels each time, he said: 'Now I know my Lord (azj) is satisfied.' So he sacrificed the camels."

I asked Abu al-Hasan Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) about a matter. Imam (as) said to me: 'For every unknown matter, the solution lies in casting lots (Qur'ah).' I said: 'But casting lots can be right or wrong.' Imam…

Hadith.3390 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "No group of people cast lots (Qur'ah) and entrusted their matter to Allah (swt), the Exalted, except that the lot would favor the one who is rightful."

Hadith.3391 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "What judgment is more just than the casting of lots (Qur'ah) when the matter is entrusted to Allah (swt)? Does not Allah (swt), the Exalted, say: 'So they cast…

"If two or three men have intercourse with a bondwoman during the same period of purity, and she gives birth, and all of them claim the child, the ruler should draw lots among them. Whomever the lot falls upon, the child…

"Two men disputed before Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) over a beast, each claiming that it was born in his stable. Both presented equal evidence in number. So, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) drew lots between them. He marked…

"In the case of two men who testified against another man regarding a matter, and then two others came and testified to something different from what the first two had testified-lots are drawn between them. Whichever…

"If a man says, 'The first slave I acquire shall be free,' and then he inherits seven slaves altogether, lots are drawn among them, and the one whose lot is drawn shall be freed."

"I asked Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) about a man who has slaves and wills to free one-third of them. Imam (as) said: 'Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) used to draw lots among them.'"

Abu Abdillah (as) said: "'Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as), whenever two men came to him disputing with an equal number of witnesses of equal integrity, would draw lots between them to determine upon whom the oath would fall.…

"I asked Abu Abdillah (as) about a newborn who has neither the features of males nor the features of females. Imam (as) said: 'The Imam draws lots for this case. He writes on one lot "Abdullah" (servant of Allah (swt))…

'O Messenger of Allah (swt), a group of people came to me who had jointly purchased a bondwoman. They all had relations with her during the same period of purity, and she gave birth to a boy. They disputed over him, with…