Al-Kafi 14641

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat Bin Ayoub, from Dawood Bin Farqad, (It has been narrated) from Ismail son of Ja’far^asws who said, ‘Two men disputed to Dawood^as regarding a cow. So this one came with a proof upon that it belonged to him, and this one came with a proof that it belonged to him. So Dawood^as entered into the Prayer niche, so he^as said :’O Lord^azwj! It has tired me^as to judge between these two, so You^azwj be the One Who Judged’. So Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto him^as: “Take the cow from the one in whose hand it is and hand it over to the other one, and strike off his neck”. He (the narrator) said: ‘So the Children of Israel made a lot of noise from that, and they said: ‘This one came with the proof, and this one came with the proof, and it would have been more rightful of giving it to the one in whose hand it was, but he took it from him and struck off his neck, and gave it to this one’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Dawood^as entered into the Prayer niche, so he^as said: ‘O Lord^azwj! The Children of Israel made a lot of noise from what I^as judged with’. So his^as Lord^azwj Revealed unto him: “The one in whose hand was the cow met the father of the other one, so he killed him and seized the cow from him. So (from now on) when they come to you^as with the likes of this, so judge between them with what you^as see, and do not ask Me^azwj that I^azwj should Judge, until the Reckoning (Day of Judgement)’.

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