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nasai-kubra:5893Abū Dāwud Sulaymān b. Sayf al-Ḥarrānī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is appointed to make a judgment, it is as if he was slaughtered with a knife." Abu Abdur Rahman Uthman ibn Muhammad al-Akhnasi said, "He is not strong in that sense, but we mentioned it so that Uthman does not leave the group and makes ibn Abi Dhi'b replace Sa'id."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ الْحَرَّانِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ هُوَ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَخْنَسِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ فَكَأَنَّمَا ذُبِحَ بِالسِّكِّينِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَخْنَسِيُّ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ الْقَوِيِّ وَإِنَّمَا ذَكَرْنَا لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ عُثْمَانُ مِنَ الْوَسَطِ وَيَجْعَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ