Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu'Umayr from Mansur from al-Fadl al-A 'al-A 'war from abu 'ubayda al-Hadhdha' who has said the following. "We lived during the times
of abu Ja'far (a.s.). When he passed away we were left like sheep without shepherd. We met Salim ibn abu Hafs and he said to me, "O abu 'Ubayda, who is your Imam?" I said, "My Imams are A'l
(family) of Muhammad (s.a)."
He said, "Did not I and you hear abu Ja'far (a.s.) say, "Whoever would die without an Imam above him he has died as the death of the age ignorance." I said, "Yes, that is very true. I can
swear by my own life." It was only about three days before my meeting with abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) in which meeting Allah granted to me the blessing of recognizing him as my Imam. I said to abu
'Abdallah (a.s.) that Salim said to me so and so."
The narrator has said that the Imam (a.s.) said, "O abu 'Ubayda, no one of us passes away before appointing a successor that would act and behave just as the preceding Imam and call people
to what the Imam before him did. O abu 'Ubayda what was given to David did not bar Sulayman from receiving (Allah's blessings)."
Then he said, "O abu 'Ubayda, when Al-Qa'im (the one who will rise with Divine Authority) will rise he will judge among people the way David and Sulayman had been judging among people. He
will call any witness to testify in a case."
H 1035, Ch. 99, h 2
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Aban from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "The world will not end before the rise of a
man from us who would judge among people the way the family of David had been judging them. He will not ask any witness to testify. He will make every soul's rights available to it."
H 1036, Ch. 99, h 3
Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Hisahm ibn Salim from 'Ammar al-Sabati who has said the following. "Once I asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), "By what means do
you judge when you would judge?" He said, "We judge by the laws of Allah and in the manner of David. If an issue would come before us for which there is nothing with us the Holy Spirit provides
us inspiration."
H 1037, Ch. 99, h 4
Muhammad ibn Ahmad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Khalid from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya al-Halabi from 'Imran ibn A'yan from Ju'ayd al-Hamadani who has said the following. "Once I asked
Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), "By what mean do you issue judgments?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "We judge by the laws of Allah and the judgment of the family of David. If a case would frustrate us the
Holy Spirit inspires us with its laws."
H 1038, Ch. 99, h 5
Ahmad ibn Mihran, may Allah grant him blessings, has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from 'Ammar al-Sabati who has said the following. "Once I said to
abu 'Abdallah, "What is the degree of the excellence of the Imams?" He said, "It is like that of Dhul Qarnayn and like that of Yusha' and like that of Asaf, the companion of Sulayman." He asked,
"With what do you issue judgments." The Imam (a.s.) said, " We issue judgments according to the laws of Allah the judgments of the family of David. The Holy Spirit inspires us with it."
