What Has Been Related About 'The Judge Is Not To Pass A Judgement While He Is Angry'
Darussalam · Volume 3
13. The Chapters On Judgements From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 13
Source no. 1334 · Volume 3 · Page 334
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢٣١٦)
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1334. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Bakrah narrated: "My father wrote to 'Ubaidullāh bin Abī Bakrah who was a judge: "Do not pass a judgement between two people while you are angry, for indeed I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: 'The judge should not judge between two people while he is angry.'" (Saḥīh) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Saḥīh, and Abū Bakrah's name is Nufai'.
١٣٣٤ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ، قَالَ «كَتَبَ أَبِي إِلَى عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ» وَهُوَ قَاضٍ، أَنْ لَا تَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ غَضْبَانُ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: لَا يَحْكُمُ الْحَاكِمُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَأَبُو بَكْرَةَ اسْمُهُ: نُفَيْعٌ.
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This narration is the best guidance for the judges. They should not sit on the seat of justice when they are in a state of anger. It is not possible for a person to think rationally and reach the right decision in rage and anger, so the judge should not resume his seat of justice until he is calm and rational.