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The Chapters on Rulings

كتاب الأحكام

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The Burden Of Proof Rests With The Plaintiff And An Oath Is Required From The One The Cla

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ENGLISH

It was narrated from 'Amr bin 'As that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:

“When the judge passes a judgement and does his best and gets it right, he will have two rewards, and if he passes a judgement and does his best and gets it wrong, he will have one reward.” (Sahih) Yazid (one of narrators) said : “So I Narrated it to Abu Bakr bin 'Amr bin Hazm. He said: 'This is how it was narrated to me by Abu Salamah from Abu Hurairah.'”

ARABIC

‏ إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ ‏