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ahmad:12184Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Thaʿlabī > Bilāl b. Abū Mūsá > Anas

"Whoever asks for a position as a judge, then he left on his own. And whoever is forced onto it, Allah sends an angel down to him so that he can be correct." (Daif) (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1323)  

أحمد:١٢١٨٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الثَّعْلَبِيِّ عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ سَأَلَ الْقَضَاءَ وُكِلَ إِلَيْهِ وَمَنْ أُجْبِرَ عَلَيْهِ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيُسَدِّدُهُ  


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tirmidhi:1323Hannād > Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Bilāl b. Abū Mūsá > Anas b. Mālik

"Whoever asks for a position as a judge, then he left on his own. And whoever is forced onto it, Allah sends an angel down to him so that he can be correct." (Daif)  

الترمذي:١٣٢٣حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى عَنْ بِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ سَأَلَ الْقَضَاءَ وُكِلَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أُجْبِرَ عَلَيْهِ يُنْزِلُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكًا فَيُسَدِّدُهُ  

ibnmajah:2309ʿAlī b. Muḥammad And Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Bilāl b. Abū Mūsá > Anas b. Mālik

“Whoever asks to be appointed a judge, will be entrusted to himself, but “Whoever asks to be appointed a judge, will be entrusted to himself, but whoever is forced to accept position, an angel will come down to him and guide him.' ”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى عَنْ بِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ سَأَلَ الْقَضَاءَ وُكِلَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ جُبِرَ عَلَيْهِ نَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَسَدَّدَهُ  

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السيوطي:٢١٦٦٤a

"مَنْ سَأَلَ الْقَضَاءَ وُكِلَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَمَنْ أُجْبِرَ عَلَيهِ نَزَلَ عَلَيهِ مَلَكٌ يُسَدِّدُهُ".  

[حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَنس