If the imam persists in prolonging the prayer and does not desist from it, he may not be disciplined for doing so; rather, he should be replaced by someone who will shorten it.

If one of the judges bars litigants when they come to him and refuses to hear their cases when they bring them before him, until judicial proceedings come to a standstill and the litigants suffer harm, then the muḥtasib may—once there are no valid excuses—hold him to the duty assigned to him: hearing the cases of those who bring suit and deciding the disputes of those who quarrel. The judge’s high rank does not prevent the muḥtasib from censuring him for his shortcomings.

If among the masters of slaves there is one who employs them in work that they are unable to endure continuously, preventing him from doing so and censuring him is contingent upon the slaves bringing a complaint, apart from general denunciation and stern admonition. Once they bring such a complaint, he may then prohibit the practice and reprimand the master.

If among the owners of livestock there is one who uses his animals for work that they are unable to endure continuously, the muḥtasib should denounce him for it and prevent him from doing so, even if no one has brought a complaint against him. If the owner claims that the animal can bear the work for which he uses it, the muḥtasib may still denounce him, because although determining this requires independent legal reasoning, it is a matter of custom, to be judged according to people’s customary practice and habits, not by legal reasoning from the revealed law.

If a slave brings a complaint against his master for refusing to provide him with clothing and maintenance, the muḥtasib may order the master to provide them and compel him to undertake this obligation.