Fairness and Justice
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 66
14ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ غَالِبِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ رَوْحٍ ابْنِ أُخْتِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ اتَّقُوا الله وَاعْدِلُوا فَإِنَّكُمْ تَعِيبُونَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لا يَعْدِلُونَ.
14. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from ibn Faddal from Ghalib ibn ‘Uthman from Ruh ibn ‘Ukht (nephew) of Mu’alla from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “Be pious before Allah and practice justice; you blame other people for not doing justice to others.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/349)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 86