When The Judge Does His Best (To Reach A Verdict) And Gets It Right
Darussalam · Volume 3
13. The Chapters On RulingsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2314 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 776
Source no. 2314 · Volume 5 · Page 314
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٢٥٥٨) ، الروض النضير (٦٧٢)
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2314. It was narrated from 'Amr bin 'Ās that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "When the judge passes a judgment and does his best and gets it right, he will have two rewards, and if he passes a judgement and does his best and gets it wrong, he will have one reward." (Sahih) Yazid (one of the narrators) said: "So I narrated it to Abu Bakr bin 'Amr bin Hazm. He said: 'This is how it was narrated to me by Abu Salamah from Abu Hurairah.'"
2314 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ، مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ، وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ» قَالَ يَزِيدُ: فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ، فَقَالَ: هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
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Literally Ijtihād means to strive hard, and in this context it is to pay full due attention and strive hard with the utmost sincerity, in the light of the proofs and evidences, for giving the correct decision concerning the issue brought forward. It is the duty of the person who will make the decision that he tries his best to make the correct decision. If the later generation comes across a mistake that a scholar may have made in adopting a view about an issue, then they should act according to their own research; and they should have a good opinion about the scholar who made the mistake, that he did not intentionally judge the issue incorrectly.