Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī said, “Shurayḥ used to pass judgment in accordance with the rulings of ʿAbd Allāh.”

ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad—and a number of others who had heard from Ibn al-Lattī (1)—reported to us; Abū al-Waqt informed us; al-Dāʾūdī informed us; Ibn Ḥammūyah (2) informed us; ʿĪsā ibn ʿUmar narrated; Abū Muḥammad al-Dāramī narrated; Yaʿlā ibn ʿUbayd narrated; Ismāʿīl narrated from ʿĀmir, who said:

A woman came to ʿAlī, peace be upon him, disputing with the husband who had divorced her. She said, “Within two months (3) I have completed three menstrual cycles.”

ʿAlī said to Shurayḥ, “Judge between them.”

Shurayḥ replied, “Commander of the Believers, while you are present?!”

He said, “Judge between them.”

Shurayḥ declared, “If someone from her own household—whose religion and trustworthiness are acceptable—testifies that she has indeed menstruated three times, attaining purity after each period and resuming the prayer, her claim is valid; otherwise, it is not.”

ʿAlī said, “Qālūn.”

(Qālūn, in the tongue of the Romans, means: ‘You have done well.’)

Jarīr, reporting from Mughīrah, said: “Ibn al-Zubayr dismissed Shurayḥ from the judiciary, and when al-Ḥajjāj assumed power he reinstated him.”

Al-Thawrī, from Abū Hāshim, related: “A jurist once came to Shurayḥ and asked, ‘What innovations have you introduced into judicial practice?’ He answered, ‘People have introduced new matters, so I too have introduced new matters (4).’”

Sufyān, from Abū Ḥuṣayn, narrated: “A litigant said to Shurayḥ, ‘I know the point at which you were influenced.’ Shurayḥ replied, ‘May Allah curse the briber, the one who accepts the bribe, and the liar (5).’”

Ibn Sīrīn said: “Shurayḥ used to say to the two witnesses, ‘It is you who bring judgment upon this man, and I am shielding myself behind you; therefore, fear Allah (6).’”