The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)

كتاب الأقضية

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SELECTED CHAPTER

Regarding false witness

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Umm Salamah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying when two men were disputing over inheritance and old things:

I decide between you on the basis of my opinion in cases about which no revelation has been sent down to me.

‏ إِنِّي إِنَّمَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ بِرَأْيِي فِيمَا لَمْ يُنْزَلْ عَلَىَّ فِيهِ ‏