Judgments must be Issued on the Basis of Testimony and Oath
Al-Kāfi|Volume 7|Book 6|Chapter 10
2- عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيّاً مِنَ الأنْبِيَاءِ شَكَا إِلَى رَبِّهِ كَيْفَ أَقْضِي فِي أُمُورٍ لَمْ أُخْبَرْ بِبَيَانِهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رُدَّهُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَضِفْهُمْ إِلَى اسْمِي يَحْلِفُونَ بِهِ.
2. Ali has narrated from his father from certain persons of his people from ‘Asem ibn Humayd from Muhammad ibn Qays who has narrated the following: “Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, has said that once one of the prophets complained before his Lord saying, ‘How can I judge in matters about which I am not informed how to deal with/ He said, ‘Leave them for Me and add them to My name by which they must swear and take an oath.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/279)
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