Mentioning What The Judge Should Avoid
Darussalam · Volume 6
49. The Book Of The Etiquette Of JudgesSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 5406 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 237
Source no. 5406 · Volume 11 · Page 406
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢٣١٦) // ويأتي برقم (٥٠١١) أتم من هنا //
Source no. 4996 · Volume 3 · Page 1096
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٢٣١٦: ق [ويأتي برقم ٥٠١١ أتم من هنا].
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5408. It was narrated that ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Bakrah said: “My father wrote to ‘Ubaidullāh bin Abī Bakrah – who was the judge of Sijistân – saying: ‘Do not pass judgment between two people when you are angry, for I heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say: No one should pass judgment between two people when he is angry.’” (Sahîh)
5406 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: 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 قَاضِي سِجِسْتَانَ أَنْ لَا تَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ غَضْبَانُ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا يَحْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ»
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This anger means violent anger, which momentarily halts or blunts man's ability to think and comprehend, and there remains the danger of making the wrong decision, although slight anger, with which one is filled upon hearing the crime of a criminal, is not blameworthy in the process of one's arriving at a judgment. Apart from anger, anything that creates an impact upon one's ability of thinking and comprehending it falls under the ruling of rage, for instance, hunger, thirst, distress, sickness, etc. It is better to record the verdict in a separate sitting session, so that momentary emotions do not cast any impact on the verdict.