Justice is a merit for the ruler.

Justice is a merit for the ruler. 20ـ اَلعَدْلُ فَضيلَةُ السُّلْطانِ. Justice is the greatest of riches. 21ـ اَلعَدْلُ أغْنَى الغَناءِ. Justice is equity. 22ـ اَلعَدْلُ إنْصافٌ. Justice is a foundation [for a healthy society]; oppression is destruction. 23ـ اَلعَدْلُ مِلاكٌ، اَلجَوْرُ هَلاكٌ. The just [ruler] is a custodian who awaits one of the two rewards (or the better of the two rewards). 24ـ اَلعادِلُ راع يَنْتَظِرُ أحَدَ الجَزائَيْنِ (أحْسَنَ الجزاعين).

The most just among the creation is one who judges best according to the truth. 25ـ أعْدَلُ الخَلْقِ أقْصاهُمْ بِالحَقِّ. The most just of all people is he who is equitable despite having power, and the one who has the greatest clemency is he who is clement despite having authority. 26ـ أعْدَلُ النّاسِ مَنْ أنْصَفَ عَنْ قُوَّة، وأعْظَمُهُمْ حِلْماً مَنْ حَلُمَ عَنْ قُدْرَة. Through justice, bounties are multiplied. 27ـ بِالعَدْلِ تَتَضاعَفُ البَـرَكاتُ. Through justice, the populace is reformed.

28ـ بِالعَدْلِ تَصْلُحُ الرَّعِيَةُ. Allah, the Glorified, made justice a mainstay for mankind, a purification from oppressions and vices, and as an opening for [the spreading of] Islam. 29ـ جَعَلَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ العَدْلَ قِواماً لِلأنامِ، وتَنْزيهاً مِنَ المَظالِمِ والآثامِ، وتَسْنِيَةً لِلإسْلامِ. Virtuous justice is [the cause of] organization [and harmony] among the people. 30ـ حُسْنُ العَدْلِ نِظامُ البَريَّةِ. The best of policies is justice. 31ـ خَيْرُ السِّياساتِ العَدْلُ.

How can one who is unjust to himself be just with others?! 32ـ كَيْفَ يَعْدِلُ في غَيْرِهِ مَنْ يَظْلِمُ نَفْسَهُ؟! Justice suffices as a means of governance. 33ـ كَفى بِالعَدْلِ سائِساً. Let your riding mount be justice, for one who rides on it gains mastery. 34ـ لِيَكُنْ مَرْكَبُكَ العَدْلَ فَمَنْ رَكِبَهُ مَلَكَ. Justice can never be achieved until injustice falters [and comes to an end]. 35ـ لَنْ يُتَمَكَّنَ العَدْلُ حَتّى يَزِلَّ البَخْسُ.

It is not from justice to judge a reliable person by conjecture [instead of accepting his testimony].[^1] 36ـ لَيْسَ مِنَ العَدْلِ القَضاءُ عَلَى الثِّقَةِ بِالظَّنِّ. One who is just gains [and strengthens his] power [and authority]. 37ـ مَنْ عَدَلَ تَمَكَّنَ. The ruling of one who is just gets acted upon. 38ـ مَنْ عَدَلَ نَفَذَ حُكْمُهُ. The status of one who is just becomes great. 39ـ مَنْ عَدَلَ عَظُمَ قَدْرُهُ. One whose justice increases, his days are praised.