Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Three Ways by which All Muslim Decrees Are Put into Effect 3-195 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا أح٠د بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أح٠د بن أبي نصر البزنطي، عن أبي ج٠اعيل بن أبي أويس، عن ض٠رة، عن أبيه، عن جده قال: قال أ٠ين تجري على ثلاثة أوجه: شهادة عادلة، أو ي٠ين قاطعة، أو سنة جارية ٠3-195 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanty, on the authority of Abi Jamileh, on the authority of Ishmael ibn Abi Oways, on the authority of Zamrat ibn Abi Zamrat, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather that the Commander of the Faithful (MGB) said, “All Muslim decrees are put into effect in either one of the three ways: a just testimony, a definite oath, or the current practice of leaders to guidance.”