Judges of Kufah

Abstract

The justice is regarded as a symbol of the nation’s sovereignty and independence. It expresses right ad justice ad indicate the glory of a nation ad development degree to which it has arrived. Jurisdiction is the criteria of the ruler ad the leader. With justice heavens and earth has been established. Justice is the made by Aristotle the pillar of the world and the base of ownership. It is the support for the settlement of security and peace. The scholar’s ad imams regarded justice as the most sublime of the sciences and the loftiest in place and position. For the importance of justice and jurisdiction I Islam in general and in Kufa I particular it was taken as the theme of this study (Justice in Kufa) from its conquest in the late Abbasid era. We shed light on the definition of Justice in language and in terminology. We showed the position of the judge and his legality in the Holy Quran ad the prophetic sunna, ijmaa and the mid. Then, we tackled the judges of Al-Kufah from the conquest until the late Abbasid era. We tackle the books of their biography and their deaths. We listed up to fifty judges. In our study, we depended on the important resources and references as well as citing the holy Quran and the Sunna.