Hadith 24803

Chapter 7

باب 7

(7) باب كَرَاهَةِ قَضَاءِ الْقَاضِي وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ

(7) Chapter: It is disliked for a judge to pass a judgement when he is angry (AR)
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ . قَالَ كَتَبَ أَبِي - وَكَتَبْتُ لَهُ - إِلَى عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ وَهُوَ قَاضٍ بِسِجِسْتَانَ أَنْ لاَ، تَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ غَضْبَانُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ يَحْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ " .

Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported:
My father dictated (and I wrote for him) to Ubaidullah b. Abu Bakra while he was the judge of Sijistan: Do not judge between two persons when you are angry, for I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: None of you should judge between two persons when he is angry. (AR)

Reference (AR): Sahih Muslim 1717 a (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 30, Hadith 21 (AR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 18, Hadith 4264 (AR)