injustice and harm, realizing what warrants punishment for him from his Lord, and [invoking] prayer against him by his slaves and his heirs. It has been narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), in the hadith which we mentioned regarding the one who did this, that he said: "Had I witnessed him, he would not have been buried in the graveyards of the Muslims." Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said: "In the statement of the Kufans are various types of error and confusion, along with opposition to the established Sunnah." He pointed to what we have mentioned. As for their denial of drawing lots (qur'a), it has appeared in the Book, the Sunnah, and consensus. Allah the Almighty said: "And you were not with them when they cast their pens [to decide] which of them should be the guardian of Mary." And He said: "So he cast lots and was among the losers." As for the Sunnah, Ahmad said: "There are five Sunnahs regarding the drawing of lots; he [the Prophet] drew lots between his wives. And he drew lots regarding six slaves. And he said to two men: 'Cast lots.' And he said: 'The likeness of the one who upholds the limits of Allah and the one who compromises in them is as the likeness of a people who drew lots for a ship.' And he said: 'If the people knew what is in the call [to prayer] and the first row, they would draw lots for it.' In the hadith of al-Zubayr, Safiyyah brought two garments to shroud Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) in them, and we found a killed man beside him, so we said: 'A garment for Hamzah, and a garment for the Ansari.' We found one of the two garments was wider than the other, so we drew lots for them, then we shrouded each one in the garment that fell to him. People contested the adhan on the day of al-Qadisiyyah, so Sa'd drew lots between them. Scholars have reached a consensus on its use in division, and I do not know of any disagreement among them that a man may draw lots between