Sunan Abi Dawud · The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
باب اجْتِهَادِ الرَّأْىِ فِي الْقَضَاءِ
Chapter: Struggling for an opinion when passing judgements.
2 hadith · references 3592–3593
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Abu Dawud · 3592كَيْفَ تَقْضِي إِذَا عَرَضَ لَكَ قَضَاءٌ ؟ ، قَالَ : أَقْضِي بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ؟ ، قَالَ : فَبِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : فَإِنْ لSome companions of Muadh ibn Jabal said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to send Muadh ibn Jabal to the Yemen, he asked: How will you judge when the occasion of deciding a case arises? He replied: I shall judge in5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3593حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَوْنٍ ، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ نَاسٍ ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُعَاذٍ ،عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلّMuadh bin Jabal said that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him to the Yemen. . . He then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.7 narrators