1537 - طَلَبُ القَضاءِ

1537. SEEKING JUDGMENT

5277.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَنِ ابتَغى‏ القَضاءَ وسَألَ فيهِ الشُّفَعاءَ وُكِلَ إلى‏ نفسِهِ ، ومَن اُكرِهَ علَيهِ أنزَلَ اللَّهُ علَيهِ مَلَكاً يُسَدِّدُهُ .¹

5277.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever seeks to be a judge and asks the mediators will be left to himself, and whoever is forced in doing so, Allah will bring down to him an angel to protect him.' ²

5278.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا يَطمَعَنَّ قَليلُ الفِقهِ في القَضاءِ .³

5278.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'A person of little legal knowledge should not desire to be a judge.' ⁴

1536 - خُطورَةُ عَمَلِ القَضاءِ

1536. THE DANGER IN THE OCCUPATION OF A JUDGE

5274.رَسولُ اللَّه صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن جُعِلَ قاضياً فَقَد ذُبِحَ بغيرِ سِكِّينٍ . فقيلَ : يا رسولَ اللَّهِ ، وما الذَّبحُ ؟ قالَ : نارُ جهنَّمَ .¹

5274.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever has been [wrongfully] appointed judge has been slaughtered without a knife.' He was asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, and what is meant by slaughtering?' He said, 'The Fire of Hell.' ²

5275.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ القاضيَ العَدلَ لَيُجاءُ بهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ فَيَلقَى‏ مِن شِدَّةِ الحِسابِ ما يَتَمَنّى‏ أن لا يكونَ قَضى‏ بينَ اثنَينِ في تَمرَةٍ قَطُّ .³

5275.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The just judge will be brought forward on the Day of Judgment and will be judged so severely that he will wish that he never judged between two people for so much as a date.' ⁴

5276.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ النَّواويسَ‏⁵ شَكَت إلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ شِدَّةَ حَرِّها ، فقالَ لَها عَزَّوجلَّ : اسكُتي ؛ فإنَّ مَواضِعَ القُضاةِ أشَدُّ حَرّاً مِنكِ !⁶

5276.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The Nawawis [a place in Hell] complained to Allah about the severity of the heat within them, so He said to them, 'Quiet! For the resting place of the judges is more severe in heat than yours!' ⁷