Al-Kafi 14633

Translation

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Imran Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Hilal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from his father Uqba Bin Khalid who said, ‘Abu Abdullah^asws said to me: ‘If you were Gaylan Bin Jamie and he seeks permission to see me^asws, so give permission to him, and it has reached me^asws that he used to go over to the Clan of Hashim’. So when he was seated, he said, ‘May Allah^azwj Keep you^asws well! I am Gaylan Bin Jamie Al Muharby, a judge of Ibn Hubeyra. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘O Gaylan! I did not think that Ibn Hubeyra would place upon his judgement, except for a jurist’. He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘O Gaylan! Do you bring togetherness between the man and his spouse?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And separation between the man and his spouse?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And you kill?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And you whip the legal penalties (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>)?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And you issue orders regarding the wealth of the orphans?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘By the judgement of whom do you judge?’ He said, ‘By the judgement of Umar, and by the judgement of Ibn Masoud, and by judgement of Ibn Abbas, and I (also) judge from the judgements of Amir Al-Momineen^asws with (some) things’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘O Gaylan! Are you all not thinking, O people of Iraq, and viewing that Rasool-Allah^saww said: ‘Ali^asws is your judge’?’ So he said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And how can you judge from the Judgements of Ali^asws with some things, and Rasool-Allah^saww has said; ‘Ali^asws is your judge?’ He (the narrator) said, ‘And I said, ‘How come you are judging, O Gaylan?’ He said, ‘I write this down, whatever I have judged with, ‘So and so, son of so and so, for so and so, son of so and so, on such and such a day, from such a such a month, from such a such a year, then I place it in the registers’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘O Gaylan! This is the requirement from the judges, so how would you be saying when Allah^azwj Gathers the formers ones and the later ones in one plain, then Finds you to have opposed the judgements of Rasool-Allah^saww and Ali^asws?’ So he swore by Allah^azwj and sobbed loudly. I said, ‘O you man, economise with your tongue! He (the narrator) said, ‘Then I proceeded to Al-Kufa. So I remained there for as long as Allah^azwj so Desired to, then I heard a man from Al-Hayy discussing, and he was a friend of Ibn Hubeyra. He said, ‘BY Allah^azwj! I was in his Ibn Hubeyra) presence one night when a guard came over, so he said, ‘This is Gaylan Bin Jamie. So he said, ‘Enter him’. He said, ‘So he entered. So he asked him, then said to him, ‘What is the state of the people. Inform me if the rope is turbulent for the one who has it’. He said, ‘I did not see anyone except for Ja’far^asws Bin Muhammad^asws’. He said, ‘Inform me, what did you do with the wealth of the one who was with you, for it has reached me that he had sought it from you, but you refused?’ He said, ‘I swore an oath for him’. He said, ‘So you did not give it to him what he sought from you?’ He said, ‘I disliked that I should oppose you’. He said, ‘So I had asked you by Allah^azwj, ordering you that you should make him to be the first one’. He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘So did you do it?’ He said, ‘No’. He said, ‘So is this not opposing me in giving him the wealth, just as you opposed me so you made him to be the last of them? But, by Allah^azwj, had you done it, your mastership would not have moved away from you due to it, and a great need for you’. He said, ‘Free me’. He said, ‘Speak with your need’. He said, ‘Excuse me from being the judge’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he rolled up his sleeves, then said, ‘I am Abu Khalid. By Allah^azwj you have met him as a concocter. Yes, we have excused you, and we have appointed over you, Al-Hajjaj Bin Aasim’.

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