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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1322 (Book 15, Hadith 1) #26899
Justice Above All

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the importance of justice and how it is better to turn away from judging than to judge unjustly.

'Abdullah bin Mawhab narrated that 'Uthman said to Ibn 'Umar: "Go and judge between the people". So he said: "Perhaps you can excuse me (from that) O Commander of the Believers!" He said: "Why do you have an aversion for that when your father judged?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'Whoever was a judge and judged with justice, it still would have been better for him to have turned away from it completely'. What do I want after that?'" (Daif).
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ، أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ اذْهَبْ فَاقْضِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَوَتُعَافِينِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَمَا تَكْرَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُوكَ يَقْضِي قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنْ كَانَ قَاضِيًا فَقَضَى بِالْعَدْلِ فَبِالْحَرِيِّ أَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ مِنْهُ كَفَافًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَمَا أَرْجُو بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ عِنْدِي بِمُتَّصِلٍ ‏.‏ وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي رَوَى عَنْهُ الْمُعْتَمِرُ هَذَا هُوَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ

TOPICS
justice  *  judging  *  righteousness  *  fairness

QUICK LESSONS:
Judge fairly and justly when given the opportunity .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks of the importance of justice and fairness in decision-making. It was narrated by Abdullah bin Mawhab, who reported that Uthman asked Ibn Umar to go and judge between people. When Ibn Umar hesitated, Uthman reminded him that his father used to do so, but he replied saying he heard the Prophet Muhammad say “Whoever was a judge and judged with justice, it still would have been better for him to have turned away from it completely”. This shows us how important justice is in decision-making; even if one judges with fairness, it would be better for them not to judge at all than risk making an unjust judgement.

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