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government. Thus it is well known that it is not possible to carry out the
pilgrimage without the protection of an escort of Bedouins along the route. But
the pilgrimage itself is one thing, setting out on the road to pilgrimage is another,
policing the route without, which it is not possible to perform the pilgrimage is still
another, and knowledge of the manner of policing the route with all its rules and
regulations is again another. The result of jurisprudence is knowledge of the
methods of government and control. This is attested by a Tradition whose chain
of authorities goes back to the Prophet - may Allah praise and venerate him - ,
namely: “People will not be judged except by three: a governor, a deputy and an
intruder.” The governor is the Imam (the Imams have always been the judges);
the deputy is his lieutenant, while anyone else is an intruder who undertakes that
responsibility without there being any need for him to do so. As a matter of fact it
was the custom of the Companions to avoid giving legal opinions to the extent
that each was in the habit of referring (the question) to his colleague, although
they did not avoid answering questions relative to the science of the Koran and
the Path to the Hereafter. In some recensions (the word) hypocrite (appears)
instead of the word intruder, (and rightly so) because anyone who, without any
pilgrimage without the protection of an escort of Bedouins along the route. But
the pilgrimage itself is one thing, setting out on the road to pilgrimage is another,
policing the route without, which it is not possible to perform the pilgrimage is still
another, and knowledge of the manner of policing the route with all its rules and
regulations is again another. The result of jurisprudence is knowledge of the
methods of government and control. This is attested by a Tradition whose chain
of authorities goes back to the Prophet - may Allah praise and venerate him - ,
namely: “People will not be judged except by three: a governor, a deputy and an
intruder.” The governor is the Imam (the Imams have always been the judges);
the deputy is his lieutenant, while anyone else is an intruder who undertakes that
responsibility without there being any need for him to do so. As a matter of fact it
was the custom of the Companions to avoid giving legal opinions to the extent
that each was in the habit of referring (the question) to his colleague, although
they did not avoid answering questions relative to the science of the Koran and
the Path to the Hereafter. In some recensions (the word) hypocrite (appears)
instead of the word intruder, (and rightly so) because anyone who, without any