Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

482 Financial and jndiciaiy institutions at the time of 'Ali
Basra. He was the brother of d-Mnhdlab ibn Abi Sufrah,
through his mother. He remained as the judge during the
caliphate of 'Ali ibn Abi Taib and the time when MuZ2wiyah
was in charge, until Ziyid came and dismissed him.?' Abu
'Ubaydah said: "Ibn 'AbbL used to issue fatwas to the people
and judge between them."34 Whenever Ibn 'Abbh left Basra, be
would appoint Abu d-Aswad to be in charge, and he was the
mufti, as the judge was known at that time. It remained like that
until 'Ali(4)
was killed in 40 AH. When Amir d-Mu'mineen
'Ali ibn Abi T3ib (&) left Madinah and went to Basra, he
appointed Abdullah ibn 'Abbis to be in charge of the
10. Sa'eed ibn Nimh d-Hamadiini, whom 'Ali (&) appointed
when he came to Kufah, then he dismissed him. He was
appointed as judge of Kufah by Mus'ab ibn az-Zubayr, and he
held this post for three years until Ibn az-Zubayr appointed
Abdullah ibn 'Utbah ibn ~as'ood.3~
11. 'Ubaydah as-Salmini, Muhammad ibn Hamzah, whom 'Ali
appointed to the judiciary of Kufah after dismissing Sa'eed d-
Hamadhiki. He said to him: "Judge as you used to judge." Then
he dismissed him and appointed Shurayh. Al-Sha'bi said:
"Shurayh was the most knowledgeable of people about judicial
matters, and 'Ubaydah was equal to Shurayh in that. He passed
some interesting verdicts, and he was one of the well-known
scholars of Kufah. Shurayh used to consult him and refer to
him."37
12. Muhammad ibn Yazeed ibn Khnlaydah ash-Shaybhi. 'Ali
appointed him as a judge in Kufah, and he issued some verdicts
'Ali's judges in Egypt were also his governors in various
cities, because their governorship was general and included ruling,