دَخَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) الْمَسْجِدَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ شَابٌّ يَبْكِي وَ حَوْلَهُ قَوْمٌ يُسْكِتُونَهُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) مَا أَبْكَاكَ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ شُرَيْحاً قَضَى عَلَيَّ بِقَضِيَّةٍ مَا أَدْرِي مَا هِيَ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرَ خَرَجُوا بِأَبِي مَعَهُمْ فِي السَّفَرِ فَرَجَعُوا وَ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ أَبِي فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْ مَالِهِ فَقَالُوا مَا تَرَكَ مَالًا فَقَدَّمْتُهُمْ إِلَى شُرَيْحٍ فَاسْتَحْلَفَهُمْ وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّ أَبِي خَرَجَ وَ مَعَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) ارْجِعُوا فَرَجَعُوا وَ الْفَتَى مَعَهُمْ إِلَى شُرَيْحٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) يَا شُرَيْحُ كَيْفَ قَضَيْتَ بَيْنَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ادَّعَى هَذَا الْفَتَى عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرِ أَنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا فِي سَفَرٍ وَ أَبُوهُ مَعَهُمْ فَرَجَعُوا وَ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ أَبُوهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْ مَالِهِ فَقَالُوا مَا خَلَّفَ مَالًا فَقُلْتُ لِلْفَتَى هَلْ لَكَ بَيِّنَةٌ عَلَى مَا تَدَّعِي فَقَالَ لَا فَاسْتَحْلَفْتُهُمْ فَحَلَفُوا فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) هَيْهَاتَ يَا شُرَيْحُ هَكَذَا تَحْكُمُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَكَيْفَ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) وَ اللَّهِ لَأَحْكُمَنَّ فِيهِمْ بِحُكْمٍ مَا حَكَمَ بِهِ خَلْقٌ قَبْلِي إِلَّا دَاوُدُ النَّبِيُّ ( عليه السلام ) يَا قَنْبَرُ ادْعُ لِي شُرْطَةَ الْخَمِيسِ فَدَعَاهُمْ فَوَكَّلَ بِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا مِنَ الشُّرْطَةِ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ فَقَالَ مَا ذَا تَقُولُونَ أَ تَقُولُونَ إِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ مَا صَنَعْتُمْ بِأَبِي هَذَا الْفَتَى إِنِّي إِذاً لَجَاهِلٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَرِّقُوهُمْ وَ غَطُّوا رُءُوسَهُمْ قَالَ فَفُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ أُقِيمَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى أُسْطُوَانَةٍ مِنْ أَسَاطِينِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَ رُءُوسُهُمْ مُغَطَّاةٌ بِثِيَابِهِمْ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ كَاتِبِهِ فَقَالَ هَاتِ صَحِيفَةً وَ دَوَاةً وَ جَلَسَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَجْلِسِ الْقَضَاءِ وَ جَلَسَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِذَا أَنَا كَبَّرْتُ فَكَبِّرُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلنَّاسِ اخْرُجُوا ثُمَّ دَعَا بِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ فَأَجْلَسَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ كَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ اكْتُبْ إِقْرَارَهُ وَ مَا يَقُولُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِالسُّؤَالِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي أَيِّ يَوْمٍ خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْ مَنَازِلِكُمْ وَ أَبُو هَذَا الْفَتَى مَعَكُمْ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فِي يَوْمِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ وَ فِي أَيِّ شَهْرٍ قَالَ فِي شَهْرِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ فِي أَيِّ سَنَةٍ قَالَ فِي سَنَةِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ وَ إِلَى أَيْنَ بَلَغْتُمْ فِي سَفَرِكُمْ حَتَّى مَاتَ أَبُو هَذَا الْفَتَى قَالَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ وَ فِي مَنْزِلِ مَنْ مَاتَ قَالَ فِي مَنْزِلِ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ قَالَ وَ مَا كَانَ مَرَضُهُ قَالَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ وَ كَمْ يَوْماً مَرِضَ قَالَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ فَفِي أَيِّ يَوْمٍ مَاتَ وَ مَنْ غَسَّلَهُ وَ مَنْ كَفَّنَهُ وَ بِمَا كَفَّنْتُمُوهُ وَ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَ مَنْ نَزَلَ قَبْرَهُ فَلَمَّا سَأَلَهُ عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَا يُرِيدُ كَبَّرَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) وَ كَبَّرَ النَّاسُ جَمِيعاً فَارْتَابَ أُولَئِكَ الْبَاقُونَ وَ لَمْ يَشُكُّوا أَنَّ صَاحِبَهُمْ قَدْ أَقَرَّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُغَطَّى رَأْسُهُ وَ يُنْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى السِّجْنِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِآخَرَ فَأَجْلَسَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ كَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلَّا زَعَمْتُمْ أَنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ مَا صَنَعْتُمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا أَنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ كَارِهاً لِقَتْلِهِ فَأَقَرَّ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِوَاحِدٍ بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ كُلُّهُمْ يُقِرُّ بِالْقَتْلِ وَ أَخْذِ الْمَالِ ثُمَّ رَدَّ الَّذِي كَانَ أَمَرَ بِهِ إِلَى السِّجْنِ فَأَقَرَّ أَيْضاً فَأَلْزَمَهُمُ الْمَالَ وَ الدَّمَ فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ كَيْفَ حَكَمَ دَاوُدُ النَّبِيُّ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ إِنَّ دَاوُدَ النَّبِيَّ ( عليه السلام ) مَرَّ بِغِلْمَةٍ يَلْعَبُونَ وَ يُنَادُونَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِيَا مَاتَ الدِّينُ فَيُجِيبُ مِنْهُمْ غُلَامٌ فَدَعَاهُمْ دَاوُدُ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ يَا غُلَامُ مَا اسْمُكَ قَالَ مَاتَ الدِّينُ فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ سَمَّاكَ بِهَذَا الِاسْمِ فَقَالَ أُمِّي فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى أُمِّهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا يَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمَرْأَةُ مَا اسْمُ ابْنِكِ هَذَا قَالَتْ مَاتَ الدِّينُ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَ مَنْ سَمَّاهُ بِهَذَا قَالَتْ أَبُوهُ قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ كَانَ ذَاكِ قَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبَاهُ خَرَجَ فِي سَفَرٍ لَهُ وَ مَعَهُ قَوْمٌ وَ هَذَا الصَّبِيُّ حَمْلٌ فِي بَطْنِي فَانْصَرَفَ الْقَوْمُ وَ لَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ زَوْجِي فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ فَأَيْنَ مَا تَرَكَ قَالُوا لَمْ يُخَلِّفْ شَيْئاً فَقُلْتُ هَلْ أَوْصَاكُمْ بِوَصِيَّةٍ قَالُوا نَعَمْ زَعَمَ أَنَّكِ حُبْلَى فَمَا وَلَدْتِ مِنْ وَلَدٍ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ غُلَامٍ فَسَمِّيهِ مَاتَ الدِّينُ فَسَمَّيْتُهُ قَالَ دَاوُدُ ( عليه السلام ) وَ تَعْرِفِينَ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا خَرَجُوا مَعَ زَوْجِكِ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَحْيَاءٌ هُمْ أَمْ أَمْوَاتٌ قَالَتْ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ قَالَ فَانْطَلِقِي بِنَا إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ مَضَى مَعَهَا فَاسْتَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ مَنَازِلِهِمْ فَحَكَمَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِهَذَا الْحُكْمِ بِعَيْنِهِ وَ أَثْبَتَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَالَ وَ الدَّمَ وَ قَالَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ سَمِّي ابْنَكِ هَذَا عَاشَ الدِّينُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْفَتَى وَ الْقَوْمَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي مَالِ الْفَتَى كَمْ كَانَ فَأَخَذَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) خَاتَمَهُ وَ جَمِيعَ خَوَاتِيمِ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَجِيلُوا هَذَا السِّهَامَ فَأَيُّكُمْ أَخْرَجَ خَاتَمِي فَهُوَ صَادِقٌ فِي دَعْوَاهُ لِأَنَّهُ سَهْمُ اللَّهِ وَ سَهْمُ اللَّهِ لَا يَخِيبُ .
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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> entered the Masjid, so a young man came across him crying, and around him was a group calming him down. So Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘What makes you weep?’ So he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! Shurayh judged upon me with a judgement, I do not know what it is. These persons went out with my father being with them in a journey. So they came back, and my father did not return. So I asked them about him. So they said, ‘he died’. So I asked them about his wealth. So they said, ‘He did not leave any wealth’. So I proceeded with them to Shurayh. So he made them swear oaths; and I know well, O Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, that my father went out, and with him was a lot of wealth. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said to them: ‘Return to Shurayh, and the youth was with them. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said to him: ‘O Shurayh! How did you judge between these people?’ So he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! This youth claimed against these persons that they had gone out in a journey, and his father was with them. So they returned, and his father did not return. So he asked them about him, so they said, ‘Died’. So he asked them about his wealth, so they said, ‘He did not leave behind any wealth’. So I said to the youth, ‘Is there any evidence with you upon what you are claiming?’ So he said, ‘No’. So I made them swear an oath, so they oathed’. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Far be it! O Shurayh, is it like this that you judge for the likes of this?’ So he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! So how?’ So Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘By Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>! I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> shall not be judging regarding them with a judgement what a creature before me<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> has judged with except for the Prophet Dawood<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup>. O Qanbar! Call the thursday policemen for me!’ So he called them over. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> allocated with each men from them, with a man from the police. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> looked at their faces, so he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said; ‘What is that which you are saying? Are you saying that I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> do not know what you have done with the father of this youth, that I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> am ignorant?’ Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Separate them and cover their heads!’. He (Abu Ja’far<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>) said: ‘So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> separated them and stood each one of the man from them to a pillar from the pillars of the Masjid, and their head were covered by their own clothes. Then he called for Ubeydullah Bin Abu Rafi’e, his<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> scribe. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Give me a parchment, and ink’. And Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> sat in the seat of the judges, and the people sat facing him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said to them: ‘When I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> exclaim (Takbeer) so you all exclaim (as well)’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said to the people: ‘Go out’. Then he called one of them, so he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> made him sit in front of him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, and uncovered his face. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said to Ubeydullah Bin Abu Rafi’e: ‘Write down his confession and whatever he is saying’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> faced him with the questioning, so Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘In which day did you all go from your houses, and the father of this youth was with you?’ So the man said, ‘In such and such a day’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And in which month?’ He said, ‘In such a such a month’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said; ‘In which year?’ He said, ‘In such a such a year’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And to where did you reach in your journey until the father of this youth died?’ He said, ‘To such and such a place’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And in whose house did he died?’ He said, ‘In the house of so and so, son of so and so’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And what was his illness?’ He said, ‘Such and such’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And for how many days was he ill?’ He said, ‘For such and such number of days’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And in which day did he die? And who washed him? And who shrouded him? And with what did you shroud him with? And who Prayed over him? And who descended into his grave?’ So when he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> had questioned him about the entired of what he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> had intended to, Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> exclaimed (<span class="iTxt">Takbeer</span>), and the people exclaimed altogether. So the remaining ones (accused) suspected that did not doubt that their companion had confessed against them, and against himself. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> ordered for his head to be covered and be taken to the prison. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> called for the other one and made him to sit in front of him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, and uncovered (the covering) from his face, then said: ‘All of you are thinking that I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> do not know what you have done’. So he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! I was not except one of a group, and I had detested his killing. So he confessed. Then he called for one after the other. All of them confessted with the killing, and he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> seized the wealth, then returned the one he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> had ordered to be in the prison. So he confessed as well. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> necessitated upon them the wealth and the blood’. So Shurayh said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! And how was the judgement of the Prophet Dawood<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup>?’ So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘The Prophet Dawood<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> passed by boys who were playing and one of them called out, O Maat Al-Deen’ (O Religion is dead)!’ So a boy from them responded. So Dawood<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> called him over and said: ‘O boy! What is your name?’ He said, ‘Maat Al-Deen’. So Dawood<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> said to him: ‘Who has named you with this name?’ So he said, ‘My mother’. So Dawood went with him to his mother, so he<sup>as</sup> said to her: ‘O you woman! What is the name of this son of yours?’ She said, ‘Maat Al-Deen’. So he<sup>as</sup> said to her: ‘And who named him with this name?’ She said, ‘His father’. He<sup>as</sup> said: ‘And how was that’. She said, ‘His father had gone out in a journey of his and with him was a group, and this is the boy whom I was carrying in my belly. So the group left and my husband did not. So I asked them about him, so they said, ‘Died’. So I said to them, ‘What did he leave?’ They said, ‘He did not leave anything’. So I said, ‘Did he bequeath you all with a bequest?’ They said, ‘Yes. He claimed that you were pregnant, so whatever is born, a girl or a boy, so name him Maat Al-Deen. So I named him’ (like that after his birth). Dawood<sup>as</sup> said: ‘And would you recognise the people who had gone out with your husband?’ She said, ‘Yes’. He<sup>as</sup> said: ‘So are they alive, or dead?’ She said, ‘But, (they are) alive’. He<sup>as</sup> said: ‘So come with us to them’. So he<sup>as</sup> went with her and made them come out from their houses. So he<sup>as</sup> judged between them with this judgement, exactly, and established against them the wealth, and the blood, and said to the woman: ‘Name this son of yours ‘Aash Al-Deen (Religion is alive)’. And the people differed with regards to the wealth of the youth, how much it was, so Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> took his<sup>asws</sup> ring and the all of the rings from his<sup>asws</sup> presence (from people), then said: ‘Make these as the arrows, so whichever one of you extracts my<sup>asws</sup> ring, so he is truthful in his claim, because it is a divination of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the divination of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is not unsuccessful’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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