قضاء شريح في درع علي
قضاء شريح في درع علي
c. 657 CE · 37 AH
After Siffin Ali missed a coat of mail and found it with a Jew in Kufa — 'the armor is mine; I neither sold nor gave it'. They pleaded before the judge Shurayh, where Ali sat beside him saying 'were my opponent not a Jew I would have sat equal with him'. Shurayh asked for proof; Ali offered Qanbar and al-Hasan, but Shurayh ruled a son's testimony inadmissible for his father and found for the Jew — who exclaimed that the Commander of the Faithful had brought him before his own judge and been judged against, bore witness that this was the truth, acknowledged the armor, and embraced Islam 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
Overview
In the judge's session
Ali sat beside Shurayh and said that were it not that his opponent was a Jew, he would be seated level with him. Shurayh asked him for proof, and he named Qanbar and al-Hasan as witnesses. Shurayh said that the testimony of a son is not valid for his father, and judged for the Jew. 1
After the ruling
Al-Suyuti relates that the Jew said: the commander of the faithful brought me before his judge and he ruled against him. Then he bore witness to the truth, acknowledged that the mail was Ali's mail, and became a Muslim. 1
The date is derived from the source's phrase "after his return from Siffin" and needs an additional source.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ali ibn Abi Talib· شريح القاضي
People and things also explored
Abu Bakr's Sortie to Naq' and Khalid's Command· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· The three years of the secret call· Ali's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'· Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)· Ali is left in charge of the Prophet's family· After Badr: the dead, the captives, the spoils, and the news in Mecca and Medina· The day of Badr: the lines, the duels and the victory
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 306-307
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