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1339. Umm Salamah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Indeed you come to me with your disputes, and I am only a human being; perhaps one of you is more
eloquent at presenting his argument than the other. If I judge for one of you, giving him something from the rights of his brother, then it is only a piece of the Fire that I am giving him, so do not take anything from it.” (Sahih)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah and ‘Aishah.
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Umm Salamah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
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Commentary
The Prophet ﷺ said; I am only a human being and know nothing about those events of the future, and things which are not yet present, without Allāh’s help and guidance. I judge the case presented before me like an ordinary judge on the basis of arguments presented. Maybe one of you is more eloquent and better in presenting the arguments than the other. Under the impression of his eloquence and better presentation of argument, I may give the verdict in his favor, which is actually not his right, and should have not been given in his favor. Such verdicts of mine will not make the things lawful for him in whose favor it has been given.
