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suyuti:21279a –
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السيوطي:٢١٢٧٩a –

"مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَينَ النَّاسِ فَكَأَنَّما ذُبِحَ بِغَيرِ سِكِّينٍ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أَبي هريرة

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abudawud:3572 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Bishr b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad al-Akhnasī > al-Maqburī And al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge among the people has been killed without a knife.  

أبو داود:٣٥٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَخْنَسِيِّ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ وَالأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

tirmidhi:1325 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > al-Fuḍayl b. Sulaymān > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever takes the responsibility of judge, or is appointed as judge between the people, then he has been slaughtered without a knife."  

الترمذي:١٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ وَلِيَ الْقَضَاءَ أَوْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ أَيْضًا مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
ibnmajah:2308 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

“Whoever is appointed judge between the people, he has been slaughtered without a knife.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

ahmad:7145 – Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever takes the responsibility of judge, or is appointed as judge between the people, then he has been slaughtered without a knife." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1325)   

أحمد:٧١٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ  

hakim:7018 – Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad b. al-Sammāk > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad al-Akhnasī > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is appointed a judge, it is as if he has been slaughtered with something other than a knife."  

الحاكم:٧٠١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ السَّمَّاكِ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَخْنَسِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا فَكَأَنَّمَا ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
nasai-kubra:5894 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-Akhnasī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman And al-Ṣṣawāb ʿUthmān b. Maḥammad > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge among the people has been killed without a knife. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3572)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْأَخْنَسِيُّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالصَّوَابُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ»