وَاللهِ لَوْ وَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ تُزُوِّجَ بِهِ النِّسَاءُ،
By Allah, even if I had found that by such money women have been married
وَمُلِكَ بِهِ الاْمَاءُ، لَرَدَدْتُهُ;
or slave-maids have been purchased I would have returned it (to its owners)
فَإِنَّ في العَدْلِ سَعَةً،
because there is wide scope in dispensation of justice,
وَمَنْ ضَاقَ عَلَيْهِ العَدْلُ،
and he who finds it hard to act justly
فَالجَوْرُ عَلَيْهِ أَضيَقُ!
will find it harder to deal with injustice.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 15: Al-’Askari, al-'Awa'il, 102; al-Qadi al-Nu’man, Da’a'im, I, 396; al-Mas’udi, Ithbat,120.
