Sahih al-Bukhari 7169

Book 93: Judgments (Ahkaam) · Hadith 33

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ، وَإِنَّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ إِلَىَّ، وَلَعَلَّ بَعْضَكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَلْحَنَ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَأَقْضِي نَحْوَ مَا أَسْمَعُ، فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ بِحَقِّ أَخِيهِ شَيْئًا فَلاَ يَأْخُذْهُ، فَإِنَّمَا أَقْطَعُ لَهُ قِطْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Um Salama:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I am only a human being, and you people (opponents) come to me with your cases; and it may be that one of you can present his case eloquently in a more convincing way than the other, and I give my verdict according to what I hear. So if ever I judge (by error) and give the right of a brother to his other (brother) then he (the latter) should not take it, for I am giving him only a piece of Fire." (See Hadith No. 638, Vol)

Umm Salama bataati hain: Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne farmaya, 'Main bhi ek insaan hoon, aur tum log (mukhaalif) apne maamlon ke saath mere paas aate ho; aur shaayad tum mein se koi apna maamla doosre se zyaada khoobsoorat andaaz mein pesh kare, jispar main sochoon ke wo sacha hai aur uske haq mein faisla dun. Isliye agar main kisi ke haq mein faisla doon jispar wo kisi (Musalmaan) bhai ka haq na-jaayez tareeke se le le, to jo bhi wo lega wo sirf Aag ka ek tukda hoga, aur ab uske upar hai ke wo ise le ya chhod de.' (Poori tafseel ke liye Hadees No. 638, Jild dekhein.)

Sahih al-Bukhari 7169 · Book 93, Hadith 33

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