The Khawarij said, “One of the points is that he (‘Alī) had men judge in a matter of Allah while Allah says:
إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِالَّ لِلّهِ
“The judgment is for none but Allah.”
[Sūrah al-Anā’m, 6:57 and Sūrah Yūsuf, 12:40, 67]
“What have men got to do with the judgment?”
Ibn Abbas replied:
“As for your statement that ‘Alī had men judge in a matter that was for Allah; then I will read to you from the book of Allah, where Allah has delegated His judgment to men regarding the eighth of a quarter of a dirham. Allah commanded the people to judge in this matter. Do you not understand the saying of Allah
وتعاىل تبارك:( يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ الَ تَقْتُلُواْ الصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ وَمَن قَتَلَهُ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاء مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ
“Oh you who believe, do not kill the game while you are in a state of Iḥrām, and whosoever of you kills it intentionally, then the penalty is an offering equivalent to the one he killed, as judged by two just men among you.”
[Sūrah al-Mā`idah, 5:95]
“And it is from the judgment of Allah that He delegated men to judge in this matter. If Allah willed, He could have judged in this matter but He allowed men to judge.”
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