An Analysis of Imam Ali's Reasoning upon the Verse 35 of Nisaa against Kharijites in the Meeting of Arbitration, Hakamiat

In the meeting of arbitration of Siffin 's battle, Kharijites viewed Imam Ali as being submitted to at least two objections to Imam by agreeing with arbitration. Firstly, reasoning the verse," Judgment is only for God" they viewed arbitration as being limited only to God and secondly, they accused Imam (a) of choosing two unjust judgments. As understood by the reasoning of Imam Ali (a) with the same verse, being based on the method of interpreting the Quran to the Qur'an, in response to the first objection, the verse is: 1. of additional and virtual exclusion, 2. general and limited with the verse 35 surah Al- Nisaa. 3. of the mutashabihat, and, then, necessarily-referred to the verse 35 of Nisaa and 5. they have put settling a sentence in place of executing it. In response to the second objection, it also appears that firstly, one of the two sides of the conflict was apparently Muslim not in reality. So they chose the arbitrator from among themselves. Secondly, the parties of the conflict refused the rule of Imam Ali (a) in determining the arbitrator. Thirdly, though the arbitrators were not righteous, they were obliged to make good judgment. In this way, the reasoning of Imam Ali (A.S) was relied on the verse 35 of surah Nisaa, Ibn Abbas, Imam Baqir (A.S) and Islamic theologians and commentators have relied on this method of reasoning on the verse.