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1326. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "When the judge passes a judgement in which he strived and was correct, then he receives two rewards. And when he judges and is mistaken, then he receives one reward." (Sahīh)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Amr bin Al-'Ās, and 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Hasan Gharīb Hadīth from this route. We do not know of it as a narration of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, from Yaḥya bin Sa'eed, except through the narration of 'Abdur-Razzāq from Ma'mar, from Sufyān Ath-Thawrī.
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This narration proves that a judge or a head of the state who has the qualities and abilities of doing justice, and he tries to know and understand the issue, and its inner intentions and details, and reaches the right decision, then he gets a double reward from Allāh; one for the right decision, and the other for pains taken to reach the right decision. In this process, if in spite of all his sincere efforts, and due to the complications of the issue, he does not reach the right decision he still gets one reward. This reward is for his sincere efforts to reach the truth.
