The Book of the Etiquette of Judges
كتاب آداب القضاة
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The Judge Seeking to Intercede for One of the Disputing Parties Before Passing Judgment
Hadith
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ENGLISH
It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah said:
"My father wrote to 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakrah - who was the judge of Sijistan - saying: 'Do not pass judgment between two people when you are angry, for I heard the Messenger of Allah [ﷺ] say: No one should pass judgment between two people when he is angry.'"
ARABIC
لاَ يَحْكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ