Chapter on Avoiding Judgments
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 3
رَوَى سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "اِتَّقُوا اَلْحُكُومَةَ فَإِنَّ اَلْحُكُومَةَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ لِلْإِمَامِ اَلْعَالِمِ بِالْقَضَاءِ اَلْعَادِلِ فِي اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَنَبِيٍّ أَوْ وَصِيِّ نَبِيٍّ".
Sulayman ibn Khalid narrated from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام who said: "Beware of judging, for judgment is only for an Imam who is knowledgeable in judicial matters and just among the Muslims, like a prophet or the executor of a prophet."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لِشُرَيْحٍ: "يَا شُرَيْحُ قَدْ جَلَسْتَ مَجْلِساً مَا جَلَسَهُ إِلاَّ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيٌّ نَبِيٍّ أَوْ شَقِيٌّ ".
Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام said to Shurayh: "O Shurayh, you have sat in a position that none has sat in except a prophet, the executor of a prophet, or a wretched person."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh