Hadith 21

Sahih Muslim

Book 30: The Book of Judicial Decisions

Chapter 7

It is disliked for a judge to pass a judgement when he is angry

باب كَرَاهَةِ قَضَاءِ الْقَاضِي وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1717a
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ كَتَبَ أَبِي - وَكَتَبْتُ لَهُ - إِلَى عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ وَهُوَ قَاضٍ بِسِجِسْتَانَ أَنْ لاَ، تَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ غَضْبَانُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ لاَ يَحْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ ‏"
Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported:

My father dictated (and I wrote for him) to Ubaidullah b. Abu Bakra while he was the judge of Sijistan: Do not judge between two persons when you are angry, for I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: None of you should judge between two persons when he is angry.

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

'Abdul Malik bin 'Umayr al-Qabti

عبد الملك بن عمير بن سويد القبطي

195 narrations

successor
2

Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari

وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة

409 narrations

3rd Generation
3

Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil

قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل

2,253 narrations