Hadith 54

nd is regret. So, stay upon your occupations and necessitate your path, and bite upon the Jihad with your front teeth, and do not turn towards any caller. If he (the caller) is answered, he (the caller) will lead astray, and if neglected, he (the caller) will be disgraced’. And it had happened, the deed (arbitration), and you had viewed to give in to them. By Allah-azwj! If I-asws had refused it, it would not have been Obligated upon me-asws to impose it, nor would Allah-azwj have Loaded its sin on me-asws, and by Allah-azwj, if I-asws come to it, I-asws am the most rightful of the one to be followed, and that the Book is with me-asws, not having separated since I-asws accompanied it. We were with Rasool-Allah-saww and the killing was circling between the fathers, and the sons, and the brothers, and the relatives. But, we did not increased during every difficulty and severity except in Eman, and we continued upon the truth and submitting to the Command, and being patient upon the pain of injuries. But we rather fought our brothers in upon what had entered into it of the misguidance, and the crookedness, and the suspicions, and the interpretations. When we covet regarding a quality Allah-azwj would Bring together our scattered (pieces), and we can come closer by it to the remaining in what is between us, we would be desirous in it and we shall withhold from whatever is besides it’’. [71]
(The book) ‘Al-Ihtijaj’ – ‘Did you not say’ – up to the end of the speech, clarifying his-asws words with his-asws speech, i. e. , with the speech which is appropriate with it’’. [72]
(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ –
And from a speech of his-asws regarding the arbitration: ‘We did not make the men to be judges, but rather we made the Quran to be the judge, and this here is the Quran, written out, and it is between the two covers. It does not speak with a tongue and there is no escape from the two translators, and rather the men would speak on its behalf. And when the people called us that we should take the Quran as a judge between us, we were not going to be the group to turn away from the Book of Allah-azwj the Exalted, and Allah-azwj the Glorious has Said: Thus, if you were to quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Rasool [4: 59]. So, refer to Allah-azwj if we are to judge by His-azwj Book, and refer it to the Rasool-saww if we are to take with his-saww Sunnah. When it is judged with the sincerity in the Book of Allah-azwj, then we would be the most rightful of the people with it, and if it is judged by the Sunnah of Rasool-Allah-azwj, then we would be the most rightful of the people, and their foremost with it. And as for your words, ‘Why did you-asws make a term to be between you-asws and them? ’, so rather that was done for it to be clear to the ignorant one but the knower would be affirmed, and perhaps Allah-azwj would Effect reconciliation during this truce in the affairs of this community, and they would not be seized by their throats so they would hasten from clarifying the truth, and be towed to the first error. Surely the most superior of the people in the presence of Allah-azwj is the one who was working with the truth being more beloved