# Sunan Abi Dawud - The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 24, 2026*

**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #3571

**Book:** The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Abdur Rahman bin Harmaz al-A'araj عبد الرحمن بن هرمز الأعرج أبو داود, Abu Hurairah, Nasr bin 'Ali bin Nasr bin 'Ali, Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id, Uthman bin Muhammad bin al-Mughira عثمان بن محمد بن المغيرة بن الأخنس | **Grade:** Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3571/)*

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