for in it there is an injustice to women and a belittlement of them, while they, as you know, are the counterparts of men. We ask Allāh, the Exalted, to grant us fairness and moderation in all matters.

"There is no obedience to anyone in disobedience to Allāh." Narrated by Aḥmad (5/66) from ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ṣāmit who said: "Ziyād wanted to appoint ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn over Khurāsān, but he refused them. His companions said to him: 'Did you leave Khurāsān to be over it?' He said: 'By Allāh, it does not please me to pray in its heat while you pray in its coolness, and I fear that if I am at the enemy's front, a letter from Ziyād might come to me. If I proceed, I perish, and if I return, my neck is struck.' Then al-Ḥakam ibn ʿAmr al-Ghifārī was appointed over it, and he complied with his command. ʿImrān said: 'Is there no one to call al-Ḥakam for me?' The messenger went, and al-Ḥakam came to him. He entered, and ʿImrān said to al-Ḥakam: 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: (and he mentioned it)?' He said: 'Yes.' ʿImrān said: 'All praise is due to Allāh or Allāh is the Greatest.'" I said: Its isnād is authentic according to the conditions of Muslim, and it was strengthened by al-Ḥāfiẓ in "al-Fatḥ" (13/109). Al-Ṭabarānī narrated in "al-Kabīr" (1/154/2) only the elevated part of it with this wording. There is another route for it with al-Ṭayālisī (856), Aḥmad (4/432, 5/66), and al-Ṭabarānī (155/1) from the routes of Muḥammad who said: "A man came to ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn while we were with him, and said: 'Al-Ḥakam ibn ʿAmr al-Ghifārī was appointed over Khurāsān.' ʿImrān wished for it until a man from the people said to him: 'Shall we not call for you?' He said to him: 'No,' then ʿImrān stood up, met him among the people, and said: 'Indeed, you have been given a matter of authority...'"