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8ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَنِ ابتَغى القَضاءَ وسَألَ فيهِ الشُّفَعاءَ وُكِلَ إلى نفسِهِ، ومَن اُكرِهَ علَيهِ أنزَلَ اللّهُ علَيهِ مَلَكا يُسَدِّدُهُ. |
| 8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever seeks judgment and asks the mediators will be left to himself, and whoever is forced in doing so, Allah will bring down to him an angel to protect him.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 14994] |
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9ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ مِن كتابٍ كَتَبَهُ للأشتَرِ لَمّا وَلاّهُ على مِصرَ ـ: ثُمّ اختَرْ لِلحُكمِ بينَ الناسِ أفضَلَ رَعِيَّتِكَ في نَفسِكَ، ممَّن لا تَضيقُ بهِ الاُمورُ، ولا تُمَحِّكُهُ الخُصومُ، ولا يَتَمادى في الزَّلَّةِ، ولايَحصَرُ مِنَ الفَيءِ إلَى الحَقِّ إذا عَرَفَهُ، ولا تُشرِفُ نَفسُهُ على طَمَعٍ، ولا يَكتَفي بأدنى فَهمٍ دونَ أقصاهُ، وأوقَفَهُم في الشُّبُهاتِ، وآخَذَهُم بالحُجَجِ وأقَلَّهُم تَبَرُّما بمُراجَعَةِ الخَصمِ، وأصبَرَهُم على تَكشُّفِ الاُمورِ، وأصرَمَهُم عِند اتِّضاحِ الحُكمِ، مِمّن لا يَزدَهيهِ إطراءٌ، ولا يَستَميلُهُ إغراءٌ، واُولئكَ قَليلٌ، ثُمّ أكثِر تَعاهُدَ (تَعهُّدَ) قَضائهِ. |
| 9– Imam Ali (AS), in a letter he wrote to al-Ashtar when he made him governor of Egypt, said, ‘…Then choose for judgment between people the best of your subjects, who are of excellent character and high calibre and for whom no issue or case is hard. They must not lose their temper, they should not exceed in their mistakes, and when the truth is made clear to them they should not hesitate. They should not lean towards greed. They should not satisfy themselves with the lowest of understanding over the highest, they must stop people in doubtful and ambiguous matters. They must attach the greatest importance to reasoning, arguments and proofs. They must exhibit the least annoyance at seeing the opponent, be the most patient in scanning details, and most serious when the verdict is clear without showing off. They should not be misled by flattery, but unfortunately such people are few. After you have selected such men to act as your judges, make it a point to go through some of their judgments and to check their proceedings.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 52] |
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10ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يَطمَعَنَّ قَليلُ الفِقهِ في القَضاءِ. |
| 10– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A person of little legal knowledge should not desire to be a judge.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104, p. 264, no. 5] |
