Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Holding Fast To The Qur’An and The Sunna

21- بَابُ أَجْرِ الْحَاكِمِ إِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ:

(21) Chapter. The reward of the judge for giving a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and whether his verdict was right (according to Allah or His Messenger’s verdict) or wrong (i.e., did not agree with the verdict of Allah and His Messenger).

1 hadith · references 7352–7352

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Bukhari · 7352إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ ، ثُمَّ أَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ ، وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ ، ثُمَّ أَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌThat he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "If a judge gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is correct (i.e. agrees with Allah and His Apostle's verdict) he will receive a double reward13 narrators·parallel chain