Hadith 54

So, I-asws deleted just as Rasool-Allah-saww had deleted. So, if you were to refuse that, you have rejected’. They said, ‘This is for you-asws, you-asws have come out from it’. He-asws said: ‘And as for your words that I-asws doubted within myself-asws when I-asws said to the two judges: ‘Consider, of Muawiya was more rightful with it than me-asws, then affirm him’, that did not happen to be a doubt from me-asws, but I-asws was being fair in the words. Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: And I or you are perhaps on a Guidance or in clear error’ [34: 24], and that did not happen to be a doubt, and Allah-azwj Knew that His-azwj Prophet-saww was upon the truth’. They said, ‘And this is for you’. He-asws said: ‘And as for your words that I-asws made the judgment to someone else, and I-asws used to be the wisest of the people in your presence, so this is Rasool-Allah-saww who had made the judgment to Sa’ad on the day of the clan of Qureyza, while he-saww was the wisest of the people, and Allah-azwj the Exalted has Said: There would always be for you all, in (the person of) Rasool-Allah, an excellent exemplar [33: 21]. Thus I-asws took the example of Rasool-Allah-saww’. They said, ‘And this is for you by our own argument’. He-asws said: ‘And as for your words that I-asws went to the men for judgment in the religion of Allah-azwj, so I-asws did not go to the men for judgment, rather I-asws went for the judgment of the Speech of my-asws Lord-azwj which Allah-azwj has Made it for a judgment between its people, and Allah-azwj had got the men to judge regarding a bird. He-azwj said: ‘and the one from you who kills it deliberately, so his recompense would be like what he killed from the cattle. The possessor of justice from you would judge with it, [5: 95]. The blood of the Muslims is greater than blood of a bird’. They said, ‘And this is for you by our own argument’. He-asws said: ‘And as for your words that I-asws, on the day of Al-Basra (battle of the camel), when Allah-azwj Granted victory to me-asws over the companions of the camel, distributed the animals and the weaponry (of the enemy), and refused you the women and the offspring (of the enemy to be for you), so I-asws conferred upon the people of Al-Basra just as Rasool-Allah-saww had conferred upon the people of Makkah. So, if they were to be inimical to us, we will seized them for their sins, and we will not seize a young one for the old, and afterwards, so which of you would have taken Ayesha to be in his share? ’
They said, ‘And this is for you by our own argument’. He-asws said: ‘And as for your word that I-asws was a successor, but I-asws wasted the bequest, so you have disbelieved and advanced to me-asws, and removed the command from me-asws, and it isn’t for the successors-as to call to themselves. But rather, Allah-azwj Sends the Prophets-as to them, and they-as call (the people) to themselves, and the successor-as is the one pointed upon, needless from the calling to himself. And that is for the one who believes in Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and Allah-azwj, Mighty is His-azwj Mention, Says: And for the Sake of Allah, Hajj of the House is incumbent upon the people for the one has the c