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bayhaqi:20368 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān b. Aḥmad al-Ṭabarānī > Ibn Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Thawrī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "When a judge makes a decision and strives hard, and he is correct, he will have two rewards. And if he makes a decision and strives hard, but he is mistaken, he will still have a reward. This is reported only by Ma'mar, who narrated it from Sufyan and no one else."  

البيهقي:٢٠٣٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ لَمْ يَرْوِهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ إِلَّا مَعْمَرٌ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَنْهُ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ  

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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:1716a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Usāmah b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Busr b. Saʿīd > Abū Qays a freed slave of ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ > ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

When a judge gives a decision, having tried his best to decide correctly and is right, there are two rewards for him; and if he gave a judgment after having tried his best (to arrive at a correct decision) but erred, there is one reward for him.  

مسلم:١٧١٦a – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ  

nasai:5381 – Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right conclusion but gets it wrong, he will still have one reward."  

النسائي:٥٣٨١ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ {بْنِ} مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ  

abudawud:3574 – ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Busr b. Saʿīd > Abū Qays a freed slave of ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ > ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

'If a judge passes a judgment having exerted himself to arrive at what is correct, and he is indeed correct, he will have two rewards. If he passes judgment having exerted himself to arrive at what is correct, but it is incorrect, he will have one reward.'" I narrated it to Abu Bakr bin Hazm and he said: "This is what Abu Salamah narrated to me from Abu Hurairah.  

أبو داود:٣٥٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ حَزْمٍ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  

tirmidhi:1326 – al-Ḥusayn b. Mahdī al-Baṣrī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"When the judge passes a judgement in which he strived and was correct, then he receives two rewards. And when he judges and is mistaken, then he receives one reward."  

الترمذي:١٣٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ وَاحِدٌ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِي وَعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ
ahmad:17816 – Abū Salamah > Bakr b. Muḍar > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Usāmah b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Busr b. Saʿīd > Abū Qays a freed slave of ʿAmr > ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

That he heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "If a judge gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is correct (i.e. agrees with Allah and His Apostle's verdict) he will receive a double reward, and if he gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is wrong, (i.e. against that of Allah and His Apostle) even then he will get a reward ." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7352)  

أحمد:١٧٨١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ وَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ وَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ  

ذِكْرُ إِعْطَاءِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْحَاكِمَ الْمُجْتَهِدَ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ ﷺ فِي حُكْمَهُ أَجْرَيْنِ إِذَا أَصَابَ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:5060 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Sharqī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > Ibn Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Thawrī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right conclusion but gets it wrong, he will still have one reward." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5381)  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الشَّرْقِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ»  

ذِكْرُ كَتَبَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِلْحَاكِمِ الْمُجْتَهِدِ فِي قَضَائِهِ أَجْرًا وَاحِدًا إِذَا أَخْطَأَ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:5061 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Baḥr b. Muʿādh al-Bazzār > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Ibn al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Busr b. Saʿīd > Abū Qays a freed slave of ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ > ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

When a judge gives a decision, having tried his best to decide correctly and is right, there are two rewards for him; and if he gave a judgment after having tried his best (to arrive at a correct decision) but erred, there is one reward for him. (Using translation from Muslim 1716a)  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بَحْرِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ الْبَزَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ»  

nasai-kubra:5889 – Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right conclusion but gets it wrong, he will still have one reward." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5381)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ»  

suyuti:1680a –

When a judge gives a decision, having tried his best to decide correctly and is right, there are two rewards for him; and if he gave a judgment after having tried his best (to arrive at a correct decision) but erred, there is one reward for him. (Using translation from Muslim 1716a)   

السيوطي:١٦٨٠a –

"إذا حَكَمَ الحَاكِم فَاجْتَهدَ؛ فَأصَابَ؛ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ، وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ؛ فَاخْطَأَ فَلَه أجْرٌ وَاحِدٌ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن غريب، [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أبي هريرة، الشافعي، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان عن عمرو بن العاص