Understanding Justice
Reading Time: < 1 minutehe plaintiff registered his complaint against Ali ibn e Abi Talib (‘a) in the court of the ruling Caliph Umar ibn e Khattab. As per rules, both parties had to be present […]
Justice
Rule with Policies, not Politics
Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter the third caliph of the Islamic state was murdered, the people flocked towards Ali ibn e Abi Talib (‘a) in groups with different backgrounds and viewpointts. However, they all pledged allegiance […]
The Right to Kill
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Ali (‘a) was fatally wounded by the poisoned sword of Abdur Rahman ibn e Muljim (May Allah never forgive him) on the 19th of Ramadan 40 AH, while offering the Fajr […]
Just Distribution of Work
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Holy Prophet (s) and his companions alighted from their horses and started unloading their camels to break their journey. Everyone agreed on slaughtering a goat and cooking its meat for dinner. […]
Knowledge and Wisdom of Amir’ul-Mu’minin (a.s)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ridha’ (a.s) has narrated that once a man holding a bloodstained knife was brought to Umar. Those who had arrested him reported that a severed head was found in […]
Fornication in Compulsion
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the time of the rule of Umar a woman came to him and confessed of adultery. She also said, “Please impose the penalty of fornication upon me.” When Umar […]
Aqeel as a Guest of Ali
Reading Time: 3 minutesAqeel arrived as a guest at the Government House in the days of the Caliphate of his brother, Ali. Ali made a sign to his elder son Hassan to offer […]
The Jew and the Imam in the Presence of the Judge
Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Ali (peace be upon him) had been sitting in the mosque of Kufah when Abdullah Ibn Qufl, a Jew belonging to the tribe of Tameem, passed by him (peace […]
The ‘Hereafterly’ Judgment
Reading Time: 2 minutesProphet Dawood (peace be upon him) once prayed to God to make manifest for him one of His judgments that He would issue on the Day of Judgment. God revealed […]
The Inclination of the Judge and his Punishment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam Baqir (peace be upon him) has been reported to have related: In the tribe of Bani Israel there lived a scholar, who used to adjudicate amongst the people. When […]