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abudawud:3589 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father > Katab > Āb.ih

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A judge should not decide between the two while he is in anger.  

أبو داود:٣٥٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَقْضِي الْحَكَمُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ  

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ahmad:20379 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān And ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father > Katab

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A judge should not decide between the two while he is in anger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3589)   

أحمد:٢٠٣٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَقْضِي الْحَاكِمُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ  

ahmad:20389 – Hushaym > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A judge should not decide between the two while he is in anger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3589)   

أحمد:٢٠٣٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَقْضِي الْقَاضِي بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ  

ahmad:20467 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Ibn Abū Bakarah > Abāh Amarah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "No one should judge between two parties while being angry."  

أحمد:٢٠٤٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى ابْنٍ لَهُ وَكَانَ قَاضِيًا بِسِجِسْتَانَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَلَا تَحْكُمَنَّ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ غَضْبَانُ فَإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَحْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ الْحَاكِمُ وَحَالَتُهُ غَيْرُ مُعْتَدِلَةٍ فِي الِاعْتِدَالِ

ibnhibban:5063 – Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Hushaym > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A judge should not decide between the two while he is in anger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3589)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَقْضِي الْقَاضِي بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ»  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ الْحَاكِمُ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عِنْدَ تَغَيُّرِ طَبْعِهِ عَنْ عَادَتِهِ الَّتِي اعْتَادَهَا

ibnhibban:5064 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Hushaym > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A judge should not decide between the two while he is in anger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3589)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَقْضِي الْقَاضِي بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ»  

nasai-kubra:5923 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Hushaym > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "A judge should not make a decision between two parties while he is angry."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٩٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا يَقْضِي الْقَاضِي بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ»