For everything there is an honour and the honour of Al-Islam are the Shiites. Indeed! For everything there is a pillar and the pillar of Al-Islam are the Shiites . Indeed! For everything there is a chief and the chief of the gatherings is the gathering of the Shiites.
(an extract) [17] Do not whisper to anyone in your gathering عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) لِشُرَيْحٍ لَا تُسَارَّ أَحَداً فِي مَجْلِسِكَ وَ إِنْ غَضِبْتَ فَقُمْ فَلَا تَقْضِيَنَّ فَأَنْتَ غَضْبَانُ A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, raising it, said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said to Shurayh (the judge): ‘ Do not whisper to anyone in your gathering , and if you are angry, so arise and do not issue a judgement while you are angry’.
قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( صلوات الله عليه ) لِسَانُ الْقَاضِي وَرَاءَ قَلْبِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْسَكَ . He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The tongue of a judge is behind his heart. So, if it was for him he speaks, and if it was against him, he remains silent’.
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of our companions, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘Abu Ja’far -asws and Abu Abdullah -asws passed by me, and I was seated in the presence of the judge of Al-Medina.