Narrated Buraida (RA) Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "al-Qudat (judges) are of three types, two 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 gives judgement accordingly. However, a man who knows what is right, and does not give judgement accordingly and acts unjustly in his judgement, will be in the Hell-fire. Likewise, a man who does not know what is right and judges people with ignorance, will be in the Hell-fire." [Reported by al-Arba'a, and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic)] .

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "He who has been appointed a Qadi (judge) has been slaughtered without a knife." [Reported by Ahmad and al-Arba'a. Ibn Khuzaimah and Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic)] .

Narrated [Abu Hurairah (RA)] : Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "You will eagerly seek out the office of governorship, but it will become a cause of regret on the Day of Resurrection. How excellent it is as a Murdi'ah (wet nurse)! And how evil it is as a Fatimah (one who weans)! [Reported by al-Bukhari] .

Narrated 'Amr bin al-'Aas (RA): He heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say, "When a judge gives a ruling, having tried his best to decide correctly, and is right (in his decision), he will have a double reward; and when he gives a ruling having tried his best to decide correctly, and is wrong (in his decision), he will have a single reward." [Agreed upon] .

Narrated Abu Bakrah (RA): I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say, "No judge should give judgement between two people while he is angry." [Agreed upon] .

Narrated 'Ali (RA): Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "When two men bring a case before you, do not decide in favor of the first till you hear what the other has to say, then you will know how to judge." 'Ali (RA) said: "Since then, I have continued to judge (in accordance with that)." [Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi. The latter graded it Hasan (good), while Ibn al-Madini graded it Qawi (strong), and Ibn Hibban graded it Sahih (authentic).] It has a Shahid (supporting narration) reported by al-Hakim from the Hadith of Ibn 'Abbas.

Narrated Umm Salamah (RA): Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Indeed, you bring your disputers to me, and perhaps some of you are more eloquent in their plea than others, so that I give judgement on their behalf according to what I hear from them. Therefore, whatever I rule for anyone which by right belongs to his brother, I am only granting him a portion of Hell-fire." [Agreed upon] .

Narrated Jabir (RA): I heard Allah's Messenger (SAW0 saying, "How could an Ummah (people) be purified (of its sins) where the right of its weak is not taken from its strong." [Reported by Ibn Hibban] . It has a Shahid (supporting narration) from the Hadith of Buraida, reported by al-Bazzar. And another [Shahid (supporting chain)] from the Hadith of Abu Sa'id, reported by Ibn Majah.

Narrated 'Aishah (RA): I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying, "the just Qadi (judge) will be called (forth) on the Day of Resurrection and he will wish he had never given judgement even between two men throughout his life, due to the severity of the account he will face." [Reported by Ibn Hibban. al-Baihaqi reported it with the wording: "...concerning a single tamrah (date fr

Narrated Abu Bakrah (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "A people who make a woman their ruler will never be successful." [Reported by al-Bukhari] .