Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that two men brought their case to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him): "You decide between the two of them." He said: "O Messenger of Allah! In your presence?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes!" He said: "How should I decide?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you exercise ijtihad and make the correct decision, you will have ten rewards, and if you exercise ijtihad and make a mistake, you will have one reward."

This narration is also transmitted with another chain, however, in it the word "good deed" is used instead of "reward."

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that two men brought their case to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Uqbah! Stand up and judge between them." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! You are more deserving of this." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you judge between them and strive to reach a decision and are correct, you will have ten rewards. And if you strive and make a mistake, you will have one reward."

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a person exercises ijtihad while making a judgment and gives a correct decision, he receives ten rewards, and when a person exercises ijtihad while making a judgment and makes a mistake, he receives two rewards.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever desires to become a judge has been slaughtered without a knife."

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is appointed as a judge, it is as if he has been slaughtered without a knife."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is appointed as a judge has been slaughtered without a knife."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a person who makes judgments exercises ijtihad (independent reasoning) and gives a correct judgment, he receives two rewards, and when he exercises ijtihad and makes a mistake in his judgment, he receives one reward." In another narration, the words are: "When a judge exercises ijtihad while making a judgment and gives a correct judgment, he receives two rewards, and when he makes a mistake while making a judgment, he receives one reward."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever is a ruler and judges among the people, when he is resurrected on the Day of Judgment, an angel will seize him by the nape of his neck and stand him at the edge of Hell. Then, when that angel looks towards Allah Almighty in anger at that person, Allah Almighty will say: 'Throw him into it.' So the angel will throw him into Hell, whose depth is the distance of forty years." The narrator named Masruq states: If I judge with justice for one day, it is more beloved to me than striving in the path of Allah for a hundred years.

Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is tested with judging between people, then he should act justly among the people, in his conduct, in his gestures, and in his manner of sitting (in every respect, he should act justly)."