Narrated
Buraida رضي الله عنه: Allāh's
Messenger ﷺ said:
“Al-Qudāt (judges) are of three types, two[1] of whom will go to Hell and one to Paradise. The one who will go to Paradise is a man who knows what is right and and gives judgement accordingly; but a man who knows what is right and does not give judgement accordingly and acts unjustly in his judgement will go to Hell, and a man who does not know what is right and judges people with ignorance will go to Hell.” [Reported by Al-Arba'a, and Al-Hākim graded it Sahih (sound)]
[1]This Hadith states two points. First, a person who
does not know the truth and another person, who does not act upon the truth
despite being aware of it, such persons shall equally be condemned to
Hell-fire. It means that the knowledge without action has no value. Secondly, the
possibility of committing a judgemental error exists for anyone who exercises a
judgement. Had it not been so, people would not have been divided as such and
making of such fine distinctions among them would have been out of place.
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Source: Bulugh Al-Maram p. 491, under The Book of
Judgement | Compiled by:Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, DARUSSALAM.
