65. Etiquettes of Judements
٦٥۔ كِتَابُ آدَابِ الْقَاضِي
[Machine] I was with the Prophet ﷺ, and two men came to him arguing. One of them said, "Indeed, this man has encroached upon my land during the pre-Islamic period, and he is Utbah bin Abis al-Kindi, and his opponent is Rabi'ah." The other man said, "This land is mine, and I cultivate it." The Prophet asked, "Do you have any evidence?" He replied, "No." The Prophet said, "Then the land belongs to him due to his oath." The first man said, "He does not care about fulfilling his oaths." The Prophet said to him, "You have nothing to do with it except that." When he went to fulfill his oath, the Prophet said, "Indeed, if he swore falsely about his property, he will meet Allah ﷻ while He is angry with him."
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا إِنَّ هَذَا انْتَزَى عَلَى أَرْضِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَهُوَ امْرُؤُ الْقَيْسِ بْنُ عَابِسٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ وَخَصْمُهُ رَبِيعَةُ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ هِيَ أَرْضِي أَزْرَعُهَا قَالَ أَلَكَ بَيِّنَةٌ ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلَكَ يَمِينُهُ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ يُبَالِي مَا حَلَفَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَكَ فِيهِ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ لِيَحْلِفَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ إِنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى مَالِهِ ظُلْمًا لَيَلْقَيَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ
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)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَقَاضَى إِلَيْكَ رَجُلَانِ فَلَا تَقْضِ لِلْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ الْآخَرِ فَسَوْفَ تَرَى كَيْفَ تَقْضِي قَالَ فَمَا زِلْتُ بَعْدُ قَاضِيًا