He said to her, ‘It alarmed you what you saw?
He said to her, ‘It alarmed you what you saw?’ فَقَالَتْ أَجَلْ لَقَدْ فَزِعْتُ ‘She said, ‘Yes, I did panic.’ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكِ إِنْ كُنْتِ فَزِعْتِ مَا كَانَ مَا رَأَيْتِ إِلَّا فِي أَخِيكِ فُلَانٍ أَتَانِي وَ مَعَهُ خَصْمٌ لَهُ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَا إِلَيَّ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلِ الْحَقَّ لَهُ وَ وَجِّهِ الْقَضَاءَ لَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ ‘He said, ‘Indeed, if you were startled, it was only because of your brother so and so.
He came to me with an opponent, and when they both sat before me, I said, ‘O Allah -azwj Grant him the truth and Direct the judgment in his favour against his opponent!’ فَلَمَّا اخْتَصَمَا إِلَيَّ كَانَ الْحَقُّ لَهُ وَ رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ بَيِّناً فِي الْقَضَاءِ فَوَجَّهْتُ الْقَضَاءَ لَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَأَصَابَنِي مَا رَأَيْتَ لِمَوْضِعِ هَوَايَ كَانَ مَعَهُ وَ إِنْ وَافَقَهُ الْحَقُ ‘‘When they disputed before me, the truth was indeed with him, and I saw that clearly in the judgment, so I directed the judgment in his favour against his opponent.
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