[Machine] "To establish the punishment upon the Muslim and return the Christian to their religion," Al-Shafi'i said, "If this is confirmed for you, it indicates to you that the imam has the choice to rule between them or to leave the judgment to them, so he rejected the hadith of Bajalah."
أَنْ أَقِمِ الْحَدَّ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ وَادْفَعِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ إِلَى أَهْلِ دِينِهَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا ثَابِتًا عِنْدَكَ فَهُوَ يَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَنَّ الْإِمَامَ مُخَيَّرٌ فِي أَنْ يَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَوْ يَتْرُكَ الْحُكْمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَعُورِضَ بِحَدِيثِ بَجَالَةَ