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'Two women came to Imam 'Ali, one of them was an Arab and the other was a non-Arab. They asked him for assistance. He equally gave money and food to them. One of them protested, saying, 'I am an Arab woman, and she is a non-Arab.' He said, 'By Allah, I do not see in this shade that the children of Ishmael have any merit over the children of Isaac.'

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib [as]

Sharh Nahj al-Balagha li Ibn Abl al- Hadid, v. 2, p. 200, no. 201

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Subject:	Identifying a Taqleed
Question:	What are the ways through which I can identify the most learned of Mujtahids?
Answer:	There are three ways of identifying a Mujtahid, and the A'alam: * when a person is certain that a particular person is a Mujtahid, or the most learned one. For this, he should be a learned person himself, and should possess the capacity to identify a Mujtahid or an A'alam; * when two persons, who are learned and just and possess the capacity to identify a Mujtahid or the A'alam, confirm that a person is a Mujtahid or an A'lam, provided that two other learned and just persons do not contradict them. In fact, being a Mujt ahid or an A'lam can also be established by a statement of only one trusted and reliable person; * when a number of learned persons who possess the capacity to identify a Mujtahid or an A'lam, certify that a particular person is a Mujtahid or an A'lam, provided that one is satisfied by their statement.

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