Al-Kafi 14622

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Hamza, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^asws having said: ‘Dawood^as asked his^as Lord^azwj that He^azwj Show him^as a Judgement from the Judgements of the Hereafter. So Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto him^as: “O Dawood^as! That which you^as have asked Me^azwj, no one from My^azwj creatures has been notified of it, nor is it befitting for anyone that he judges by it, apart from Me^azwj”. He^asws said: ‘So that did not prevent him^as to repeat, so he^as asked Allah^azwj that He^azwj Shows him^as a Judgement from the Judgements of the Hereafter. So Jibraeel^as came over to him^as and said to him^as: ‘O Dawood^as! You^as have asked your^as Lord^azwj something which no Prophet^as before you^as has asked. O Dawood^as! That which you asked, none from His^azwj creatures has been notified with, nor is it befitting for anyone that he^as judged by it, apart from Him^azwj. However, Allah^azwj has Answered your^as supplication, and has Granted you^as what you^as asked for. O Dawood^as! The first two litigants who would intend to you tomorrow, judge regarding both of them from the Judgements of the Hereafter’. He^asws said: ‘So when it was the morning, Dawood^as sat is his^as judicial council. An old man came over to him concerning a youth, and with him was the youth with a bunch of grapes. So the old man said to him^as, ‘O Prophet^as of Allah^azwj! This youth entered my garden and spoilt my vineyard, and ate from it without my permission. And this is the bunch which he took without my permission’. So Dawood^as said to the youth: ‘What are you saying?’ So the youth confessed that he had done that. So Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto him^as: “O Dawood^as! I^azwj hereby Uncover for you^as from the Judgements of the Hereafter. Therefore, judge by it between the old man and the boy. Your^as heart, (however) would not be able to bear it, and your^as people would not be pleased with it. O Dawood^as! This old man stormed upon the father of this boy in his garden, so he killed him, and usurped his garden, and seized forty thousand Dirhams from it. So he buried it by the side of his garden. So hand a sword to the youth and order him that he should strike the neck of the old man, and hand over the garden to him, and order him that he should dig in such and such a place and take his wealth”. He^asws said: ‘So Dawood^as panicked from that and gathered to himself^as, his^as scholars, and his^as companions, and informed them of the news, and passed the Judgement upon what Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic had Revealed unto him^as’.

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