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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2540

✧ The ruler's reward when he exercises ijtihad for the truth

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قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحْرِزُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، ثَنَا فَرَجُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ؓ، قَالَ:

جَاءَ خَصْمَانِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا عَمْرُو، اقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا. قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِذَلِكَ. قَالَ ﷺ: وَإِنْ كَانَ. قُلْتُ: عَلَى مَاذَا أَقْضِي ؟ قَالَ: عَلَى إِنْ أَصَبْتَ الْقَضَاءَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَلَكَ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ، وَإِنِ اجْتَهَدْتَ فَأَخْطَأْتَ فَلَكَ حَسَنَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ.

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Yaʿlá
  2. Muḥriz b. ʿAwn
  3. Faraj b. Faḍālah
  4. Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ
  5. his father
  6. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ
  7. his father

✧ Two litigants came disputing to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said: "O Amr, judge between them." I said: "O Prophet of God, you are more entitled to that." He ﷺ said: "Even so." I said: "On what basis shall I judge?" He said: "If you judge correctly between them, you get ten good deeds; and if you exercise ijtihad and err, you get one good deed."

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