Mughal Administration c6.s7.8

c6.s7.8

The *Mufti* is urged to spend his days and nights in reading books on jurisprudence and the reports of cases from which one can learn legal precedents. When he finds the judgment proposed in a case by the Qazi under whom he serves to be opposed to all precedent, he should tell him politely, “Sir, in a similar case, reported in such and such a book, the judgment is given thus. It would be better if you pronounce your own judgment after reading that book.”