Information for "SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1269"

Narrated Abu Qatada: Allah Messenger ﷺ said on the Day of the battle of Hunain; Whoever has killed an infidel and has a proof or a witness for it; then the salb arms and belongings of that deceased will be for him. I stood up to seek a witness to testify that I had killed an infidel but I could not find any witness and then sat down. Then I thought that I should mention the case to Allah Messenger ﷺ I and when I did so a man from those who were sitting with him said; The arms of the killed person he has mentioned; are with me; so please satisfy him on my behalf. Abu Bakr said; No; he will not give the arms to a bird of Quraish and deprive one of Allah lions of it who fights for the cause of Allah and His Apostle. Allah Messenger ﷺ I stood up and gave it to me; and I bought a garden with its price; and that was my first property which I owned through the war booty. The people of Hijaz said; A judge should not pass a judgment according to his knowledge; whether he was a witness at the time he was the judge or before that And if a litigant gives a confession in favor of his opponent in the court; in the opinion of some scholars; the judge should not pass a judgment against him till the latter calls two witnesses to witness his confession. And some people of Iraq said; A judge can pass a judgement according to what he hears or witnesses the litigant confession in the court itself; but if the confession takes place outside the court; he should not pass the judgment unless two witnesses witness the confession. Some of them said; A judge can pass a judgement depending on his knowledge of the case as he is trust-worthy; and that a witness is Required just to reveal the truth. The judge knowledge is more than the witness. Some said; A judge can judge according to his knowledge only in cases involving property; but in other cases he cannot. AlQasim said; A judge ought not to pass a judgment depending on his knowledge if other people do not know what he knows; although his knowledge is more than the witness of somebody else because he might expose himself to suspicion by the Muslims and cause the Muslims to have unreasonable doubt.