Sunan Abi Dawud 24094
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A judge should not decide between the two while he is in anger.
Collection: Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 24087
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me to the Yemen as judge, and I asked: Messenger of Allah, are you sending me when I am young and have no knowledge of the duties of a judge? He replied: Allah will guide your heart and keep your tongue true. When two litigants sit in front of […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 24088
“I am only a human being, and you bring your disputes to me, some perhaps being more eloquent in their plea than others, so that I give judgement on their behalf according to what I hear from them. Therefore, whatever I decide for anyone which by right belongs to his brother, he must not take […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 24089
Two men came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who were disputing over their inheritance. They had no evidence except their claim. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said in a similar way. Thereupon both the men wept and each of them said: This right of mine go to you. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said: Now you […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 24086
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: O people, if any of you is put in an administrative post on our behalf and conceals from us a needle or more, he is acting unfaithfully, and will bring it on the Day of Resurrection. A black man from the Ansar, as if I am seeing him, stood and said: […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 24081
“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 Quraizah and al-Nadir.
Sunan Abi Dawud 24082
Two men from the locality of Kindah came while AbuMas’ud al-Ansari was sitting n a circle. They said: Is there any man who decides between us. A man from the circle said: I, AbuMas’ud took a handful of pebbles and threw at him, saying: Hush! It is disapproved to make haste in decision.
Sunan Abi Dawud 24083
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone desires the office of Judge and seeks help for it, he will be left to his own devices; if anyone does not desire it, nor does he seek help for it, Allah will send down an angel who will direct him aright. Waki’ said: (This tradition has also been […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 24084
“We will never employ or we shall not employ (the narrator is doubtful) in our work one who wants it.”
Sunan Abi Dawud 24085
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who bribes and the one who takes bribe.