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ahmad:1285 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Wḥaddathanī Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Simāk > Ḥanash > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If two men come to you for judgement, do not judge in favour of the first one until you listen to what the other one says. Then you will know how to judge.ʿ  

أحمد:١٢٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَقَاضَى إِلَيْكَ رَجُلانِ فَلا تَقْضِ لِلأوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ الْآخَرُ فَإِنَّكَ سَوْفَ تَرَى كَيْفَ تَقْضِي  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:1331 – Hannād

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'When two men come to you seeking judgement, do not judge for the first until you have heard the statement of the other. Soon you will know how to judge.'" 'Ali said: "I did not err since then."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan.
الترمذي:١٣٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَقَاضَى إِلَيْكَ رَجُلاَنِ فَلاَ تَقْضِ لِلأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ كَلاَمَ الآخَرِ فَسَوْفَ تَدْرِي كَيْفَ تَقْضِي قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَمَا زِلْتُ قَاضِيًا بَعْدُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
ahmad:1211 – Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Simāk > Ḥanash > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If two men come to you for judgement, do not rule in favour of the first one until you listen to what the other one says, then you will know how to judge.” He said: Since then I became a good judge.  

أحمد:١٢١١ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَقَاضَى إِلَيْكَ رَجُلانِ فَلا تَقْضِ لِلْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ الْآخَرُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَى كَيْفَ تَقْضِي قَالَ فَمَا زِلْتُ بَعْدُ قَاضِيًا  

bayhaqi:20469 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Shawdhab al-Wāsiṭī Bihā > Shuʿayb b. Ayyūb > Ḥusayn

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If two men come to you for judgement, do not rule in favour of the first one until you listen to what the other one says, then you will know how to judge.” He said: Since then I became a good judge. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1211)   

البيهقي:٢٠٤٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ شَوْذَبٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ بِهَا ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ثنا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَقَاضَى إِلَيْكَ رَجُلَانِ فَلَا تَقْضِ لِلْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ الْآخَرِ فَسَوْفَ تَرَى كَيْفَ تَقْضِي قَالَ فَمَا زِلْتُ بَعْدُ قَاضِيًا  

suyuti:1534a –

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If two men come to you for judgement, do not judge in favour of the first one until you listen to what the other one says. Then you will know how to judge.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 1285)   

السيوطي:١٥٣٤a –

"إذا تقاضى إليك رَجُلان فلا تقضِ للأوَّلِ حتَّى تسْمَع كلامَ الآخِر فسوْفَ تدْرى كيفَ تقضى".  

[ت] الترمذي حسن عن علي
suyuti:4-2803b – ʿAli
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السيوطي:٤-٢٨٠٣b –

"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَقَاضَى إِلَيْكَ رَجُلَانِ فَلَا تَقْضِى لِلأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ الآخَرِ، فَسَوْفَ تَرَى كَيْفَ تَقْضِى، قَالَ: فَما زِلْتُ بَعْدُ قَاضِيًا".