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The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)

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If the judge knows that the testimony of one person is true, is it permissible for him to pass judgment on the basis of that

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ENGLISH

Ibn 'Abbas said:

The Qur'anic verse: "If they do come to you, either judge between them, or decline to interfere" was abrogated by the verse: "So judge between them by what Allah hath revealed."

ARABIC

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ ‏{‏ فَإِنْ جَاءُوكَ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ أَوْ أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ ‏}‏ فَنُسِخَتْ قَالَ ‏{‏ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏}‏ ‏.‏