Sunan Abi Dawud · The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
باب فِي الْقَاضِي يُخْطِئُ
Chapter: Regarding The Judge Who Is Mistaken.
4 hadith · references 3573–3576
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Abu Dawud · 3573الْقُضَاةُ ثَلَاثَةٌ : وَاحِدٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ، وَاثْنَانِ فِي النَّارِ ، فَأَمَّا الَّذِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَجُلٌ عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ فَقَضَى بِه ، وَرَجُلٌ عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ فَجَارَ فِي الْحُكْمِ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ ، وَرَجُNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Judges are of three types, one of whom will go to Paradise and two to Hell. The one who will go to Paradise is a man who knows what is right and gives judgment accordin5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3574إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ ، فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌNarrated Buraidah: The Prophet ﷺ as saying: "Judges are of three types, one of who will go to Paradise and two to Hell. The one who will go to Paradise is a man who knows what is right and gives judgement accordingly; by10 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3575مَنْ طَلَبَ قَضَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حَتَّى يَنَالَهُ ، ثُمَّ غَلَبَ عَدْلُهُ جَوْرَهُ فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ، وَمَنْ غَلَبَ جَوْرُهُ عَدْلَهُ فَلَهُ النَّارُNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks the office of judge among Muslims till he gets it and his justice prevails over his tyranny, he will go to Paradise; but the man whose tyranny prevails over his 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3576وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ الْفَاسِقُونَ سورة المائدة آية 44 ـ 47 هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْيَهُودِ خَاصَّةً فِي قُرَيْظَةَ وَالنَّضِيرِIbn Abbas said: "If any do fail to judge (by the light of) what Allah has revealed, they are (no better than) unbelievers" up to "wrongdoers. " These three verses were revealed about the Jews, particularly about Quraizah6 narrators