He -asws asked me about myself and my family...

He -asws asked me about myself and my family, then said: ‘Who is this one with you?’ فَقُلْتُ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَاضِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ ‘I said, ‘Ibn Abu Layla, judge of the Muslims!’ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ‘He -asws said: ‘Yes.’ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ تَأْخُذُ مَالَ هَذَا فَتُعْطِيهِ هَذَا وَ تُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَ زَوْجِهِ وَ لَا تَخَافُ فِي هَذَا أَحَداً ‘Then he -asws said to him: ‘You take the wealth of this one and give it to this one, and you separate between the man and his wife and you don’t fear anyone in this?’ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‘He said, ‘Yes.’ قَالَ فَبِأَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ تَقْضِي ‘He -asws said: ‘So by which thing do you judge?’ قَالَ بِمَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ ‘He said, ‘With whatever has reached me from Rasool-Allah -saww , and from Abu Bakr and Umar.’ قَالَ فَبَلَغَكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ أَقْضَاكُمْ عَلِيٌّ ‘He -asws said: ‘Has it reached you that Rasool-Allah -saww had said that your most judicial is Ali -asws ?’ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‘He said, ‘Yes.’ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَقْضِي بِغَيْرِ قَضَاءِ عَلِيٍّ ع وَ قَدْ بَلَغَكَ هَذَا ‘He -asws said: ‘So how come you are judging with other than the judgment of Ali -asws , and this has reached you?’’ قَالَ فَاصْفَرَّ وَجْهُ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى ثُمَّ قَالَ الْتَمِسْ لِنَفْسِكَ زَمِيلًا وَ اللَّهِ لَا أُكَلِّمُكَ مِنْ رَأْسِي كَلِمَةً أَبَداً He (the narrator) said, ‘The face of Ibn Abu Layla paled.