قُلْتُ لَهُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ داوُدَ وَ سُلَيْمانَ إِذْ يَحْكُمانِ فِي الْحَرْثِ قُلْتُ حِينَ حَكَمَا فِي الْحَرْثِ كَانَتْ قَضِيَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّينَ قَبْلَ دَاوُدَ إِلَى أَنْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ دَاوُدَ أَيُّ غَنَمٍ نَفَشَتْ فِي الْحَرْثِ فَلِصَاحِبِ الْحَرْثِ رِقَابُ الْغَنَمِ وَ لَا يَكُونُ النَّفَشُ إِلَّا بِاللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ عَلَى صَاحِبِ الزَّرْعِ أَنْ يَحْفَظَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ عَلَى صَاحِبِ الْغَنَمِ حِفْظُ الْغَنَمِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَحَكَمَ دَاوُدُ ( عليه السلام ) بِمَا حَكَمَتْ بِهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ( عليهم السلام ) مِنْ قَبْلِهِ وَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ ( عليه السلام ) أَيُّ غَنَمٍ نَفَشَتْ فِي زَرْعٍ فَلَيْسَ لِصَاحِبِ الزَّرْعِ إِلَّا مَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا وَ كَذَلِكَ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدَ سُلَيْمَانَ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ كُلًّا آتَيْنا حُكْماً وَ عِلْماً فَحَكَمَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بِحُكْمِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Abdullah Bin Bahr, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:21#h78"><a href="/books/quran:21#h78">[21:78]</a></a> And Dawood and Sulaiman when they both gave judgement concerning the field</span>. When they<sup>asws</sup> both judged regarding the field, was it one judgement?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic had Revealed to the Prophets<sup>as</sup> before Dawood<sup>as</sup> up to (the time when) Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Sent Dawood<sup>as</sup> that whichever sheep spoils in the field, so for the owner of the field would be a neck of the sheep, and the spoiling does not happen except at night. Thus, it would be upon the owner of the plantation that he protects it during the day, and upon the owner of the sheep to guard them at night. So Dawood<sup>as</sup> judged with what the Prophets<sup>as</sup> had judged with from before him<sup>as</sup>, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto Suleyman<sup>as</sup> that whichever sheep spoils the plantation, so it is not upon the owner of the plantation except what comes out from its belly, and like that flowed the Sunnah after Suleyman<sup>as</sup>, and these are the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> the Exalted <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:21#h79"><a href="/books/quran:21#h79">[21:79]</a></a> and to each one We gave Wisdom and Knowledge</span> So each one of the two<sup>asws</sup> judged by the Judgement of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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