Book 18. KITAB AL-AQDIYYA
(Pertaining To Judicial Decisions )
Chapter
- It is the defendant who should swear (to prove his innocence)
- Judgment is to be pronounced on evidence, and one
who is eloquent in his plea (may win the case)
- It is forbidden to ask many questions, and wasting of wealth
- The reward of the judge when he tries to arrive at a
decision, whether that decision is correct or incorrect
- It is not desirable to give judgment in a fit of rage
- Rejecting of the wrong things and the innovations (in religion)
- An excellent witness
- The difference of those who endeavour to arrive at
the correct decision
- It is meritorious for a judge to bring about conciliation
between two contending persons or parties
- Stray thing found by anyone
- Stray things of the pilgrims
- It is forbidden to milk an animal without the
permission of its owner
- Entertainment of the Guest
- It Is meritorious to spend the surplus wealth for
one's brother
- In case the provisions run short these should be pooled