Category:The Book of The Office of the Judge Kitab AlAqdiyah in Sunan Abu Dawoud

List of Chapters in The Book of The Office of the Judge Kitab AlAqdiyah

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The Book of The Office of the Judge Kitab AlAqdiyah Summary

1. The one who will go to Paradise is a man who knows what is right and gives judgment accordingly but a man who knows what is right and acts tyrannically in his judgment will go to Hell and a man who gives judgment for people when he is ignorant will go to Hell
2. Narrated AbuHurayrah The Prophet said If anyone seeks the office of judge among Muslims till he gets it and his justice prevails over his tyranny he will go to Paradise but the man whose tyranny prevails over his justice will go to Hell
3. Narrated Anas Ibn Malik The Prophet said If anyone desires the office of Judge and seeks help for it he will be left to his own devices if anyone does not desire it nor does he seek help for it Allah will send down an angel who will direct him aright
4. Abu Buradah reported the Prophet as saying We will never employ or we shall not employ the narrator is doubtful in our work one who wants it
5. Narrated Ali Ibn AbuTalib The Messenger of Allah sent me to the Yemen as judge and I asked Messenger of Allah are you sending me when I am young and have no knowledge of the duties of a judge He replied Allah will guide your heart and keep your tongue true
6. When two litigants sit in front of you do not decide till you hear what the other has to say as you heard what the first had to say for it is best that you should have a clear of the best decision
7. Umm Salamah reported the Messenger of Allah as saying I am only a human being and you bring your disputes to me some perhaps being more eloquent in their plea than others so that I give judgement on their behalf according to what I hear from them
8. Umm Salamah reported the Prophet as saying when two men were disputing over inheritance and old things I decide between you on the basis of my opinion in cases about which no revelation has been sent down to me
9. Ibn Abbas said The ic verse If they do come to thee either judge between them or decline to interfere was abrogated by the verse So judge between them by what Allah hath revealed
10. Some companions of Muadh Ibn Jabal said When the Messenger of Allah intended to send Muadh Ibn Jabal to the Yemen he asked How will you judge when the occasion of deciding a case arises He replied I shall judge in accordance with Allah Book
11. He asked What will you do if you do not find any guidance in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah and in Allah Book He replied I shall do my best to form an opinion and I shall spare no effort
12. The Messenger of Allah then patted him on the breast and said Praise be to Allah Who has helped the messenger of the Messenger of Allah to find something which pleases the Messenger of Allah
13. Zaid Bin Khalid AlJuhani reported the Messenger of Allah as saying Shall I not tell you of the best witnesses He is the one who produces his deposition or gives his evidence the narrator is doubtful before he is asked for it
14. He then said I heard the Messenger of Allah as saying If anyone intercession intervenes as an obstacle to one of the punishments prescribed by Allah he has opposed Allah if anyone disputes knowingly about something which is false he remains in the displeasure of Allah till he desists and if anyone makes an untruthful accusation against a Muslim he will be made by Allah to dwell in the corrupt fluid flowing from the inhabitants of Hell till he retracts his statement
15. Amr Bin Shuaib on his father authority told that his grandfather said The Messenger of Allah rejected the testimony of a deceitful man and woman of one who harbours rancour against his brother and he rejected the testimony of one who is dependent on a family and he allowed his testimony for other
16. He said That is only your recourse The Office of the Judge Kitab AlAqdiyah When a man swears an oath on a basis of what he knows and not on the basis of what he has witnessed Sahih Al Albani
17. Abu Hurairah said The holy Prophet said to the Jew I adjure you by Allah Who sent down the Torah to Moses do you not find in the Torah a rule about a man who commits adultery
18. Narrated Ikrimah The Holy Prophet said to Ibn Suriya I remind you by Allah Who saved you from the people of Pharaoh made you cover the sea gave you the shade of clouds sent down to you manna and quails sent down you Torah to Moses do you find stoning for adultery in your Book He said You have reminded me by the Great
19. Bahz Ibn Hakim reported from his grandfather Ibn Qudamah version has His grandfather brother or uncle reported the narrator Muammal said He his grandfather Muawiyah got up before the Holy Prophet who was giving sermon and he said Why have your companions arrested my neighbours He turned away from him twice
20. AlZubayr said By Allah I think this verse came down about that But no by thy Lord they can have no real faith until they make thee judge
21. Amr Bin Shuaib on his father authority said that his grandfather told that the Messenger of Allah decided regarding the stream AlMahzur that its water should be held back till it reached the ankles and that the upper waters should then be allowed to flow to the lower

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