al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2599
✧ What is feared for one who judges without right
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وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، وَأُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ - فَرَّقَهُمَا وَهَذَا لَفْظُ أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَا: ثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ أَبِي [جَمِيلَةَ]، يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ، قَالَ:
إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ ؓ، قَالَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ: اذْهَبْ [فَكُنْ] قَاضِيًا، قَالَ: أَوَ يُعْفِينِي أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَاقْضِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، قَالَ: أَوَ تُعْفِينِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ: عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا ذَهَبْتَ فَقَضَيْتَ، قَالَ: لَا تَعْجَلْ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: مَنْ عَاذَ بِاللهِ فَقَدْ عَاذَ بِمَعَاذٍ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَاضِيًا. قَالَ: وَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ وَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُوكَ قَاضِيًا ؟ قَالَ: لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ كَانَ قَاضِيًا يَقْضِي بِجَوْرٍ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، [وَمَنْ كَانَ قَاضِيًا [يَقْتَضِي] بِجَهْلٍ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ]، وَمَنْ كَانَ قَاضِيًا عَالِمًا فَقَضَى بِحَقٍّ أَوْ بِعَدْلٍ سَأَلَ اللهَ أَنْ يَنْفَلِتَ كَفَافًا
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Yaʿlá
- Shaybān and ʾUmayyah b. Bisṭām Farraqahumā Wahadhā Lafẓ Umayyah
- Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān
- ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Jamīlah Yataḥaddath
- ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab
✧ Uthman ؓ said to Ibn Umar ؓ: "Go and be a judge." He replied: "Will the Commander of the Believers excuse me?" He said: "Go and judge between the people." He said: "Will you excuse me, O Commander of the Believers?" He said: "I adjure you to go and judge." He said: "Do not be hasty. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever seeks refuge in Allah has sought refuge in a true refuge.'" He said: "Yes." He said: "I seek refuge in Allah from being a judge." He said: "What prevents you, when your father was a judge?" He said: "Because I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever is a judge who judges unjustly will be among the people of the Fire, and whoever is a judge who judges in ignorance will be among the people of the Fire, and whoever is a knowledgeable judge who judges with truth or justice will ask Allah to be released with nothing for or against him.'"
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- Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī
عبد الملك هذا مجهول وعبد الله بن وهب أرى أنه ابن موهب الرملي
in المطالب العالية, p. 2599 - al-Tirmidhi
أخرج الترمذي بعضه وقال إن فيه انقطاعا
in المطالب العالية, p. 2599 - Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī
عبد الملك بن أبي جميلة و عبد الله بن موهب عن عثمان مرسل
in المطالب العالية, p. 2599 - al-Tirmidhi
مرسل
machine translationMursal (a report in which a Successor omits the Companion and attributes it directly to the Prophet ﷺ)
in المطالب العالية, p. 2599
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثريتحدث عن
- trustworthy (thiqah), but he did not hear from Tamīm al-Dārīd. between 101 and 110 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍثقة ، لكن لم يسمع من تميم الدارييتحدث عن
- unknown (majhūl)عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ أَبِي [جَمِيلَةَ]مجهولسمعت
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 186 AH, or: 187 AH, or: 188 AHمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَثقةحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), has lapses (wahm), and accused of Qadarism (qadar)d. 235 AH, or 236 AH, or 237 AH, or 238 AHشَيْبَانُصدوق يهم , ورمي بالقدرحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأَبُو يَعْلَى
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