The Book of the Etiquette of Judges

Book 50 of 52 · Sunan al-Nasa'i

49 hadith Hadith 5388–5436 Sunni
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The Book of the Etiquette of Judges

Sunan al-Nasa'i

49 hadith Hadith 5388–5436 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 846–915 CE period by al-Nasa'i.

The Book of the Etiquette of Judges is book 50 of 52 in Sunan al-Nasa'i, containing 49 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Egypt (primary); portions reviewed in Ramla, Palestine. The narrators in this book are associated with 29 distinct geographic locations.

Basra Medina Taif Damascus Makkah Cairo Iraq Baghdad Wasit Jaziara Kufa Hamadan al-Raqqa Qaysariyya Basri Abyssinia Hims Asbahan Hiran Basrah Merv Sana Yemen Bulkh Nisapur al-Taus al-Ray Rome Khurasan

Narrators in This Book

This book features 163 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, ibn Abbas, Sulayman ibn Yasar سليمان بن يسار مولى ميمونة بنت الحارث, Abu Hurairah, Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhayni.

al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم (10) ibn Abbas (8) Sulayman ibn Yasar سليمان بن يسار مولى ميمونة بنت الحارث (7) Abu Hurairah (6) Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhayni (6) Urwa ibn al-Zubayr عروة بن الزبير (5) Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري (4) Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار (4) Abdur Rahman bin Harmaz al-A'araj عبد الرحمن بن هرمز الأعرج أبو داود (4) al-Laith bin Sa'd الليث بن سعد (4) Abdur Rahman bin 'Amr al-Awza'i عبد الرحمن بن عمرو أبو عمرو الأوزاعي (3) al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي (3) Fadl ibn al-'Abbas (3) Abu Da'ud أبو داود السجستاني الأزدي (3) Yahya bin Abi Ishaq يحيى بن أبي إسحاق (3) Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران (3) Amr bin 'Ali bin Bahr al-Bahli عمرو بن علي بن بحر الباهلي (3) Hisham bin 'Urwa هشام بن عروة (3) Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان (3) Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل (3) Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي (3) Abdullah bin Ka'b bin Malik b. Abi Ka'b (3) Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة (3) Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن محمد (3) Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح (3)

Hadith in This Book 49 hadith

1 5388
The Prophet said: "Those who are just and fair will be with Allah, Most High, on thrones of light, at the right hand of the Most Merciful, those who are just in their rulings and…
2 5389
The Messenger of Allah said: "There are seven whom Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will shade with His shade on the Day of Resurrection, the Day when there will be no shade but…
3 5390
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right…
4 5391
"Some people from among the Ash'aris came to me and said: 'Go with us to the Messenger of Allah , for we have something to ask him.' So I went with them, and they said: 'O…
5 5392
A man from among the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah and said: "Will you not appoint me as you appointed so-and-so?" He said: "You will encounter selfishness after I am…
6 5393
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Do not ask for governorship. For if it is given to you because of asking, you will be left to your own devices, but if it is given to you without…
7 5394
The Prophet said: "You will be keen for governorship but it will be regret and loss on the Day of Resurrection. What a good position it is when they are alive, but how miserable…
8 5395
A group from Banu Tamim came to the Prophet . Abu Bakr said: "Appoint Al-Qa'qa' bin Ma'bad (as commander or governor)," and 'Umar said: "No, (appoint) Al-Aqra' bin Habis." They…
9 5396
When he came to the Messenger of Allah called him and said to him: "Allah is Al-Hakam (the Judge) and judgment is His. Why are you known as Abu Al-Hakam?" He said: "If my people…
10 5397
"Allah protected me with something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah . When Chosroes died, he said: 'Whom have they appointed as his successor?' They said: 'His daughter.'…
11 5398
He was riding behind the Messenger of Allah on the morning of the Day of Sacrifice, when a woman from Khath'am came to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the command of Allah,…
12 5399
"A woman from Khath'am asked the Messenger of Allah . She said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the command of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, to His slaves to perform Hajj has come while…
13 5400
"Al-Fadl bin 'Abbas was riding behind the Messenger of Allah turned the face of Al-Fadl the other way. She said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the command of Allah, the Mighty and…
14 5401
A woman from Khath'am said: "O Messenger of Allah, the command of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, to His slaves to perform Hajj has come while my father is an old man, and he…
15 5402
A man asked the Messenger of Allah : "The (command to perform) Hajj has come while my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in the saddle, and if I tie him, I fear that he…
16 5403
He was riding behind the Messenger of Allah , when a man came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, my mother is an old woman; if I put her on a mount she cannot sit firmly, and if I…
17 5404
"A man came to the Prophet and said: 'O Prophet of Allah, my father is an old man and cannot perform Hajj. If I put him on a mount he cannot sit firm. Can I perform Hajj on his…
18 5405
A man came to the Prophet and said: "My father is an old man, can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: "Yes. Don't you think that if he owed a debt and you paid it off, that…
19 5406
"The people asked 'Abdullah too many questions one day, and 'Abdullah said: 'There was a time when we did not pass so many judgments, but now that time is over. Now Allah, the…
20 5407
"There was a time when we did not pass so many judgments, but now that time is over. Now Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has decreed that we reach a time when, as you see, (we are…
21 5408
He wrote to 'Umar, to ask him (a question), and 'Umar wrote back to him telling him: "Judge according to what is in the Book of Allah. If it is not (mentioned) in the Book of…
22 5409
"There were kings after 'Isa bin Mariam who altered the Tawrah and the Injil, but there were among them believers who read the Tawrah. It was said to their kings: 'We have never…
23 5410
The Messenger of Allah said: "You refer your disputes to me, but I am only human, and some of you may be more eloquent in arguing their case than others. If I pass judgment in…
24 5411
The Messenger of Allah said: "There were two woman who had two children, and the wolf came and took away the son of one of them. She said to her companion: 'It took away your…
25 5412
The Messenger of Allah said: "Two women went out with two children of theirs, and the wolf attacked one of them and took her child. The next day they referred their dispute over…
26 5413
The Prophet said: "Two women went out with their two children, and the wolf took one of the children from them. They referred their dispute to Prophet Dawud, peace be upon him,…
27 5414
"The Prophet said: 'I disavow what Khalid has done,' twice."
28 5415
"My father wrote to 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakrah - who was the judge of Sijistan - saying: 'Do not pass judgment between two people when you are angry, for I heard the Messenger of…
29 5416
He disputed with a man among Ansar who had been present at Badr with the Messenger of Allah angry, he gave Az-Zubair his rights in full, as stated clearly in his ruling.…
30 5417
He asked Ibn Abi Hadrad to pay off a debt that he owed him. Their voices grew so loud that the Messenger of Allah heard them when he was inside his house. He came out to them,…
31 5418
"I came to Al-Madinah with my paternal uncles and entered one of its gardens, where I rubbed an ear of grain (to take some grains). The owner of the garden came, took my cloak and…
32 5419
Two men referred a dispute to the Messenger of Allah said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I will pass judgment between you according to the Book of Allah. As for your…
33 5420
"We were with the Prophet said to him: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I will pass judgment between you according to the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. As for the…
34 5421
A woman who had committed Zina was brought to the Prophet called for a bunch of palm leaves and hit him. He took pity on him because of his disability and was lenient with him.
35 5422
"Words were exchanged between two clans of the Ansar, to the point that they began to throw rocks at one another. The Prophet ) turned to the people and said: 'If you noticed…
36 5423
He owed a debt by 'Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad Al-Aslami. He met him, and asked him to pay it off. They exchanged words until their voices became loud. The Messenger of Allah passed…
37 5424
"I saw the Messenger of Allah said: 'But if you forgive him, he will carry his own sin and the sin of your companion.' So he forgave him, and I saw him dragging his string."
38 5425
A man among the Ansar disputed with Az-Zubair concerning a stream in Al-Harrah from which they both used to water their date palm trees. The Ansari said: "Let the water flow," but…
39 5426
The husband of Barirah was a slave called Mughith. It is as if I can see him walking behind her weeping, with the tears running down onto his beard. The Prophet said to her: "Why…
40 5427
"A man among the Ansar stated that his salve was to be set free after he died; he was in need, and he owed a debt. The Messenger of Allah sold him (the slave) for eight hundred…
41 5428
The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever seizes the wealth of a Muslim unlawfully by means of his (false) oath, Allah makes the Fire required for him, Paradise unlawful for him." A…
42 5429
"Hind came to the Messenger of Allah and said : 'O Messenger of Allah, Abu Sufyan is a stingy man who does not spend enough on my child and I. Can I take from his wealth without…
43 5430
"Abu Bakrah wrote to me, saying: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: No one should pass two judgments on one issue, and no one should pass judgment between two disputing parties…
44 5431
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'You refer your disputes to me, but I am only human. And some of you may be more eloquent in arguing their case than others, and I may pass judgment…
45 5432
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The most hated of men to Allah is the most quarrelsome of opponents.'"
46 5433
That two men referred a dispute to the Prophet concerning an animal, and neither of them had any evidence, so he ruled that it be shared equally between them.
47 5434
"There were two female neighbors who used to do leatherwork (with an awl) in At-Ta'if. One of them came out with her hand bleeding and claimed that her companion had injured her,…
48 5435
"Mu'awiyah, (may Allah be pleased with him,) said: 'The Messenger of Allah went out to a circle - meaning, of his Companions - and said: 'What are you doing?' They said: 'We have…
49 5436
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Isa bin Mariam, peace be upon him, saw a man stealing, and said to him: Are you stealing? He said: No, by Allah besides Whom there is no other God!…