Imam Ahmed said about him: "He was weak and often mistook.

Imam Ahmed said about him: "He was weak and often mistook." Ibn Mo'een said: "His mind was muddled." Ibn Kharash said: "Shu'ba wasn't satisfied with him." Al-Kawsaj mentioned that Ahmed said: "He was very weak." Ibn Habban said: "He concealed when narrating traditions." (2) Among the oddities of this bad judge -and how many oddities the umma was afflicted with- was that he passed by Abdullah bin Baqtar after the tyrant Obeidillah bin Ziyad had thrown him from above the palace to the ground.

The victim was still alive but this merciful (!!!) judge finished him off with his dagger. (3) Here is another event about this judge, who was the example of the judges of that time. He gave his judgements according to his emotion and fancy! Kulthom bint (4) Saree' came to him, when he was the judge of Kuffa, with a claim against her family. He ____________ 1 Mizanul I'tidal, vol.3 p.96. 2 Dala'il as-Sidq, vol.1 p.45. 3 A'yan ash-Shia, vol.4 p.222.

4 "Bint" means the daughter of and "bin" means the son of. unthoughtfully judged for her against her family. His judgement was suspected and doubted by people. The poet Huthayl bin Abdullah al-Ashja'iy recited a poem about this event: Waleed came to him with witnesses, Confirming his right of property and the servants, and Kulthom came to him with her sweet talks, which recovered from illness and madness. Waleed proved his right he was eloquent and disputatious.

But she had coquetry and black eyes. She flirted and exposed her kohl. She fascinated al-Qubtiy (1) so he judged for her with other than the judgement of Allah revealed in the Quran. If those in the palace knew his news, they wouldn't employ him in any job. When he judged for women, he glanced furtively. If a woman complained to him, He coughed and hastened to judge for her. He flashed his eyes and chewed his tongue, that he saw everything as nothing save her.

(2) The narrators of the second tradition: a. The series of the narrators began as usual with this obscure name: ibn Abu Omar! b. After that came Sufyan ath-Thawri, who we talked about when we discussed the first tradition fabricated against Abu Talib and we found that he was a liar. As for the narrators of the third tradition, we already talked about them before; they were Muhammad bin Hatim, Yahya bin Sa'eed and Sufyan. The narrators of the fourth tradition: a.

Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba: Ath-Thahabi considered ____________ 1 It was the surname of the judge Abdul Melik bin Omayr.