to the other what made you flog without what you were commanded? he will say o lord his mercy. he will say should you be more merciful than me? take the one who fell short of my command and the one who exceeded my command. they corrupted the pillars of hell with them. and with this hadith it becomes clear that we should not resort except to the shariah and that nothing is more important to the imams than knowing the rulings of the shariah. it was narrated on the authority of hudhayfah that he said i do not praise a governor for good whether he is just or unjust. so it was said to him why? he said i heard the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace say the governors will be brought on the day of resurrection. their just and unjust people will stand on the bridge and allah the most high will inspire them to the bridge and it will crawl with them and there will remain one who is unjust in his judgment and no one who takes bribes in his judgment and no one who is able to hear him from one of the two opponents unless he is able to hear the other except that his feet will slip for seventy years in hell. it was narrated that the prophet may allah bless him and grant him peace used to go out in disguise roaming the horizons asking david about them. gabriel may allah bless him and grant him peace appeared to him in the form of a human being and asked him about his conduct. gabriel said david is a good man and his conduct is a good conduct except that he eats from the treasury of the muslims and does not… he ate from the labor of his hand. so he returned crying and supplicating to his prayer niche asking his lord the most high to teach him a craft from which he could eat. so he taught him the craft of armor and softened iron for him. this is what god the most high said {and we taught him the craft of clothing for you.}
للآخر ما حملك على أن جلدت دون ما أمرت فيقول أي رب رحمته فيقول أينبغي لك أن تكون أرحم مني خذوا المقصر عن أمري والزائد على أمري فسدوا بهما أركان جهنم وبهذا الحديث يتبين أنه لا ينبغي أن نفزع إلا إلى الشرع وأنه لا شيء أهم للأئمة من معرفة أحكام الشرع وروى عن حذيفة أنه قال ما أنا بمثن على وال خيرا عادلهم وجائرهم فقيل له لم قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول يؤتى بالولاة يوم القيامة عادلهم وجائرهم فيقفون على الصراط فيوحي الله تعالى إلى الصراط فيزحف بهم زحفه يبقي جائر في حكمه ولا مرتش في قضائه ولا ممكن سمعه لأحد الخصمين مالم يمكن للأخر إلا زالت قدماه سبعين عاما في جهنم وروى أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يخرج متنكرا يطوف في الافاق يسأل داود فيهم فتعرض له جبريل صلى الله عليه وسلم على صورة آدمي فسأله عن سيرته فقال جبريل نعم الرجل داود ونعم السيرة سيرته غير أنه يأكل من بيت مال المسلمين ولا ياكل من كد يده فرجع باكيا متضرعا إلى محرابه يسأل ربه تعالى أن يعلمه صنعة يأكل منها فعلمه صنعة الدروع وألان له الحديد فذلك قوله تعالى {وعلمناه صنعة لبوس لكم}