شريح القاضي

Overview

Shurayh the judge, the well-known judge of Kufa, and a pupil of Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud ².

Judgement on Ali's armour

The sources report that Ali had a dispute with a Jew over a coat of mail. Shurayh ruled for the Jew, because a son's testimony is not admissible for his father. The Jew then testified to the truth, and became a Muslim, admiring this judgement against the Commander of the Faithful ³.

Death

al-Shirazi transmits from al-Mada'ini that he died in the year 82 AH, and from al-Ash'ath that he lived to be a hundred and twenty. The date is disputed ².

The three years of the secret call

The first stage of the call to Islam — individual and secret for three years — in which the first band believed: Khadija, Ali, Zayd and Abu Bakr on the first day, then those whom Abu Bakr called, then a company Ibn Hisham numbers at over forty from every clan of Quraysh; during it prayer was first prescribed.

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Judgement on Ali's armour

Death

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The three years of the secret call