Muwatta Malik #1479
Judgements
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ وَإِنَّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ إِلَىَّ فَلَعَلَّ بَعْضَكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَلْحَنَ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَأَقْضِيَ لَهُ عَلَى نَحْوِ مَا أَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْ حَقِّ أَخِيهِ فَلاَ يَأْخُذَنَّ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا أَقْطَعُ لَهُ قِطْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his
father from Zaynab bint Abi Salama from Umm Salama, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I am but a
man to whom you bring your disputes. Perhaps one of you is more
eloquent in his proof than the other, so I give judgement according to
what I have heard from him. Whatever I decide for him which is part of
the right of his brother, he must not take any of it, for I am
granting him a portion of the Fire."
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This hadith is #1479 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements.