The Authority to Govern Rests with the Imam Only
Al-Kāfi|Volume 7|Book 6|Chapter 1
3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لَمَّا وَلَّى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) شُرَيْحاً الْقَضَاءَ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لا يُنْفِذَ الْقَضَاءَ حَتَّى يَعْرِضَهُ عَلَيْهِ.
3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that ’ Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali عليه السلام, appointed Shurayh as a judge with the condition that his judgments will take effect only after they are shown to him (Imam Ali عليه السلام).”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/266)
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