التَّحاكُمُ إلَى الطّاغوتِ Bringing a Case for Judgment before a Tyrant

3ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في تَحاكُمِ رَجلَينِ مِن أصحابِهِ إلَى الطاغوتِ وبينَهُما مُنازَعَةٌ في دَينٍ أو مِيراثٍ ـ: مَن تَحاكَمَ إلَى الطاغوتِ فَحُكِمَ لَهُ فإنّما يَأخُذُ سُحتاً وإن كانَ حَقُّهُ ثابِتاً لَهُ، لأ نّهُ أخَذَ بحُكمِ الطاغوتِ، وقد أمَرَ اللّه‏ُ أن يَكفُرَ بهِ.

3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regard to two of his companions who went to be judged before a tyrant in a dispute they had about a loan or inheritance, said, ‘Whoever goes to be judged before a tyrant and he judges in favour of one of them, whatever he is compensated is unlawful, even if it was rightfully his, because he took it by judgment of a tyrant when Allah has ordered him to reject the tyrant.’[al-Kafi, v. 7, p. 412, no. 5]
 

4ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إيّاكُم أن يُحاكِمَ بعضُكُم بَعضاً إلى أهلِ الجَورِ، ولكنِ انظُرُوا إلى رجُلٍ مِنكُم يَعلَمُ شيئا مِن قَضايانا فاجعَلُوهُ بينَكُم، فإنّي قد جَعَلتُهُ قاضيَاً فتَحاكَمُوا إلَيهِ.

4– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Beware of seeking judgment amongst yourselves from oppressors. Rather, try to find a person among you who has knowledge about our legal edicts and make him judge between you, for I have made such a person [with these qualifications] a judge, so seek judgment from him.’[al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 2, no. 3216]