حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ السَّمْتِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ عَنْ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْقُضَاةُ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَاحِدٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَاثْنَانِ فِي النَّارِ فَأَمَّا الَّذِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَجُلٌ عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ فَقَضَی بِهِ وَرَجُلٌ عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ فَجَارَ فِي الْحُکْمِ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ قَضَی لِلنَّاسِ عَلَی جَهْلٍ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ شَيْئٍ فِيهِ يَعْنِي حَدِيثَ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ الْقُضَاةُ ثَلَاثَةٌ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3573
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Judges are of three types, one of whom will go to Paradise and two to Hell. The one who will go to Paradise is a man who knows what is right and gives judgment accordingly; but a man who knows what is right and acts tyrannically in his judgment will go to Hell; and a man who gives judgment for people when he is ignorant will go to Hell. Abu Dawud said: On this subject this is the soundest tradition, that is, the tradition of Ibn Buraidah: Judges are of three types.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020