Can a judge give a judgement or a formal legal opinion while he is in an angry mood?
Darussalam · Volume 9
93 - THE BOOK OF AL-AHKĀMSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 7158 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 65
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7158. Narrated 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abū Bakra: Abū Bakra wrote to his son who was in Sijistān: Do not judge between two persons when you are angry, for I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "A judge should not judge between two persons while he is in an angry mood."
7158 - حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ المَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ، وَكَانَ بِسِجِسْتَانَ، بِأَنْ لاَ تَقْضِيَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ غَضْبَانُ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لاَ يَقْضِيَنَّ حَكَمٌ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ»
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