Hadith About Resolving Legal Disputes

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According to Umm Salama (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “I am only a human being, and you bring your quarrels to me. It may be that one of you can present his case eloquently in a more convincing way than the other, and I give my verdict according to what I hear. So if ever I judge (by error) and give the right of a brother to his other (brother) then he (the latter) should not take it, for I am giving him only a piece of Fire.” (al-Bukhari, al-Ahkam, 20)

ʿAbd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakra (ra) said, “My father dictated (and I wrote for him) a letter to ʿUbayd Allah b. Abi Bakra while he was the judge of Sijistan as follows: Do not judge between two persons when you are angry, for I have heard Allah’s Messenger say, ‘None of you should judge between two persons when he is angry.’” (Muslim, al-Aqdiyya, 16)

According to ʿAbd Allah b. Abi Awfa (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Allah is with the judge as long as he is not unjust. So when he is unjust, He leaves him and he is attended by Satan.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Ahkam, 4)

According to ʿAmr b. al-ʿAs (ra), he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, “If a judge gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is correct, he will receive a double reward; and if he gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is wrong, he will get one reward.” (al-Bukhari, al-Iʿtisam, 21; Muslim, al-Aqdiyya, 15)

ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb reported that he heard his father say that his grandfather (ra) said that the Prophet (saw) said, “The proof is due from the claimant, and the oath is due from the one the claim is made against.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Ahkam, 12)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths