Hadith 219

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 0: The Book of Miscellany

Chapter 26

Unlawfulness of Oppression and Restoring Others Rights

باب تحريم الظلم والأمر برد المظالم

Riyad as-Salihin 219
وعن أم سلمة رضي الله عنها، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)
"إنما أنا بشر، وإنكم تختصمون إلي، ولعل بعضكم أن يكون ألحن بحجته من بعض، فأقضي له بنحو ما أسمع ، فمن قضيت له بحق أخيه فإنما أقطع له قطعة من النار"
Umm Salamah (May Allah bepleased with her) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Verily, I am only a human and the claimants bring to me (their disputes); perhaps some of them are more eloquent than others. I judge according to what I hear from them). So, he whom I, by my judgment, (give the undue share) out of the right of a Muslim, I in fact give him a portion of (Hell) Fire".[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].