His judgments. He was inclined towards peace in matters of property and the like, to the extent that a case arose concerning the refusal of its people to... like Sugayrun and Abd al-Hadi, sons of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Wulayb. (I say) the witnesses who said "We heard you" concerning the two litigants, as happened with Imam Uthman, may God be pleased with him. Two women, a Hashimite and an Ansarite, disputed inheritance before him. He ruled in favor of the Ansarite based on the testimony of the just. The Hashimite blamed him, so Uthman said to her, "This is the son of your cousin, he advised us on this," meaning Ali ibn Abi Talib. Malik narrated this in Al-Muwatta.

Halawi, who is Muhammad ibn Jamal al-Din al-Habhabi al-Ameri, was born in al-Kamman (1) and studied under Sheikh ibn Isa Suwar al-Dhahab. Then he went to Egypt and had a good understanding of fatwas and judgments. Sheikh Daf' Allah Turki presented a question on a matter, and he answered it well. The question from Daf' Allah was: Sheikh Muhammad, to my brother in God, known as Halawi, a woman complained that her husband had wronged her and she repeatedly complained. Should the judge rule for divorce without proof, acting on the statement in Al-Mudawwanah from Rabi'a, and the husband takes half the dowry? Abu Imran said: (meaning for her in this case, i.e., he calls her and no proof is established, and it is not permissible for him to take anything from her (a)). He answered him by saying: Peace be from Muhammad Halawi to my brother in God, Daf' Allah. After that, you asked me about the interpretation of the statement in Al-Mudawwanah and its شرحs, as did Imran and others. I say that I am not qualified for that, but your question is not in its place. Rather, its place is in the chapter on divorce, which is only established by two witnesses, and it is not ruled upon except by two just individuals. Peace be upon you, your family, and your neighbors. May God have mercy on those who preceded us and you. Also, Halawi solved another dilemma: two mares belonging to two men were divorced on an island in Digla. A foal was found with them, nursing them, and its mother was unknown. The people were confused whether to divide them or what to do. Halawi said to them: Bring one of the mares, tie it up, and keep the other, and the small foal. They did so. The small foal went to its mother. He told them: Return it and tie up the other. They tied it up. The small foal went to its mother. He ruled that the foal belonged to this mother. The people approved of his judgment. This story is mentioned in Sahih Muslim. Two women, one young and one old, as David, peace be upon him, had a child between them. Each claimed it was her child. He ruled it belonged to the older woman. Solomon, peace be upon him, rejoiced and said, "The judgment is not like this. Bring it to me, and I will give it to you." The older woman said, "Do so, my son." The younger woman said, "Do not do so, for it is her son." So he ruled... (1) Al-Kamalayn is a town on the left bank of the Blue Nile, the center of the Madani province, and it has a Sharia court.