Friday, April 18, 2014

27. Judging Rewarded & Judging Forbidden

Judging Rewarded                                         27
When a judge wishes to pass a decree, and for that strives hard and decides justly, there are two rewards for him; but when he strives hard but commits mistake, there is one reward for him.
-- Tradition: Bukhari and Muslim. Narrator: Abdullah-b-Amr.

Judging Forbidden                                        27   
No judge shall pass a decree between two men (or women) when he is angry.
-- Tradition: Bukhari and Muslim. Narrator: Abu Bakrah.