Sunan Abi Dawud
Book 25: The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
كتاب الأقضية
70 hadith in this book
1Regarding Seeking Appointment As A Judgeباب فِي طَلَبِ الْقَضَاءِ2Regarding The Judge Who Is Mistakenباب فِي الْقَاضِي يُخْطِئُ3Regarding Seeking The Position Of Judge and Hastening To Accept That Positionباب فِي طَلَبِ الْقَضَاءِ وَالتَّسَرُّعِ إِلَيْهِ4Regarding Bribery Being Dislikedباب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الرِّشْوَةِ5Regarding gifts for workersباب فِي هَدَايَا الْعُمَّالِ6How to Judgeباب كَيْفَ الْقَضَاءُ7Regarding the Judges judge when he is mistakenباب فِي قَضَاءِ الْقَاضِي إِذَا أَخْطَأَ8How should the disputants sit before the judgeباب كَيْفَ يَجْلِسُ الْخَصْمَانِ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْقَاضِي9A judge passing judgement while he is angryباب الْقَاضِي يَقْضِي وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ10Judgement between ahl adh-dhimmahباب الْحُكْمِ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ11Struggling for an opinion when passing judgementsباب اجْتِهَادِ الرَّأْىِ فِي الْقَضَاءِ12Regarding reconciliationباب فِي الصُّلْحِ13Regarding testimoniesباب فِي الشَّهَادَاتِ14Regarding a man who helps someone in a dispute without knowing about the caseباب فِيمَنْ يُعِينُ عَلَى خُصُومَةٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ أَمْرَهَا15Regarding false witnessباب فِي شَهَادَةِ الزُّورِ16The one whose testimony is to be rejectedباب مَنْ تُرَدُّ شَهَادَتُهُ17Testimony of a bedouin against townpeopleباب شَهَادَةِ الْبَدَوِيِّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الأَمْصَارِ18Testimony with regard to breastfeedingباب الشَّهَادَةِ فِي الرَّضَاعِ19The testimony od ahl adh-dhimmah and a will made when travelingباب شَهَادَةِ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ وَفِي الْوَصِيَّةِ فِي السَّفَرِ20If the judge knows that the testimony of one person is true, is it permissible for him to pass judgment on the basis of thatباب إِذَا عَلِمَ الْحَاكِمُ صِدْقَ الشَّاهِدِ الْوَاحِدِ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ بِهِ21Judgement on the basis of oath and one witnessباب الْقَضَاءِ بِالْيَمِينِ وَالشَّاهِدِ22Two men who claim something but have no proofباب الرَّجُلَيْنِ يَدَّعِيَانِ شَيْئًا وَلَيْسَتْ لَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ23The defendent should swear on oathباب الْيَمِينِ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ24How the oath should be swornباب كَيْفَ الْيَمِينُ25If a defendent is a dhimmi, should he swear on oath?باب إِذَا كَانَ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ ذِمِّيًّا أَيَحْلِفُ26When a man swears an oath on a basis of what he knows and not on the basis of what he has witnessedباب الرَّجُلِ يَحْلِفُ عَلَى عِلْمِهِ فِيمَا غَابَ عَنْهُ27How should a dhimmi be asked to swear an oath?باب كَيْفَ يَحْلِفُ الذِّمِّيُّ28A man who swears to establish his rightباب الرَّجُلِ يَحْلِفُ عَلَى حَقِّهِ29Regarding a person in debt, should he be detained?باب فِي الْحَبْسِ فِي الدَّيْنِ وَغَيْرِهِ30Regarding authorizationباب فِي الْوَكَالَةِ31Regarding judicial mattersباب فِي الْقَضَاءِ
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