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Hadith 674
Hadith #
674
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
7
Section
2
Part
The Book of Adjudication and Rules
Chapter
Kinds of Judges
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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2. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from ibn Faddal from Tha‘labah ibn Maymun from abu Basir who has narrated the following
“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Judgments and laws are of two kinds: the judgment of Allah and the judgment of ignorance. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, “. . . who is a better judge than Allah for a believing people.” (5:59) You all must bear testimony that Zayd ibn Thabit issued a judgment in matters of obligations according to the judgment of ignorance.’” (In the case of a contracting slave-girl and her fornication Zayd judged opposite to the judgment of Ali (a.s.), in the time of ‘Uthman)
2- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
الْحُكْمُ حُكْمَانِ حُكْمُ اللهِ وَحُكْمُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللهِ حُكْماً لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ وَاشْهَدُوا عَلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ لَقَدْ حَكَمَ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ بِحُكْمِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ.
Tags Testimony and JudgmentDisbelief/Kufr

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