Abdullah bin Mawhab narrated that 'Uthman said to Ibn 'Umar: Go and judge between the people. So he said: Perhaps you can excuse me (from that) O Commander of the Believers! He said: Why do you have an aversion for that when your father judged? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'Whoever was a judge and judged with justice, it still would have been better for him to have turned away from it completely.' What do I want after that?' (Daif).

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu Alayhi wa sallam) said: Whoever asks for a position as a judge, then he left on his own. And whoever is forced onto it, Allah sends an angel down to him so that he can be correct. (Daif)

Anas narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever seeks to be a judge, and asks others to intercede for him with it, then he will be left on his own. And whoever is coerced into it, Allah sends an angel down to him so that he can be correct. (Daif)

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever takes the responsibility of judge, or is appointed as judge between the people, then he has been slaughtered without a knife.

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When the judge passes a judgement in which he strived and was correct, then he receives two rewards. And when he judges and is mistaken, then he receives one reward.

Some men who were companions of Mu'adh narrated from Mu'adh that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Mu'adh to Yemen, so he (ﷺ) said: How will you judge? He said: I will judge according to what is in Allah's Book. He said: If it is not in Allah's Book ? He said: Then with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: If it is not in the Sunnah of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? He said: I will give in my view. He said: All praise is due to Allah, the One Who made the messenger of the Messenger of Allah suitable.

(Another chain of narrators) from some people from the inhabitants of Hims, from Mu'adh, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with similar.

Abu Sa'eed narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Indeed, the most beloved of people to Allah on the Day of Judgement, and the nearest to Him in the status is the just Imam. And the most hated of people to Allah and the furthest from Him in status is the oppressive Imam.

['Abdullah] Ibn Abi Al-Awfa narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: [Indeed] Allah is with the judge as long as he is not unjust. So when he is unjust, He leaves him and he is attended by Shaitan.

Ali narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: 'When two men come to you seeking judgement, do not judge for the first until you have heard the statement of the other. Soon you will know how to judge.' 'Ali said: I did not err since then.

Abul-Hasan narrated that 'Amr bin Murrah said to Mu'awiyah: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'No Imam closes his door on one in need, dire straits and poverty, except that Allah closes the gates of the Heavens from his dire straits, his needs, and his poverty.' So Mu'awiyah appointed a man to look after the needs of the people.

(Another chain) from Abu Maryam the Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ), from the Prophet (ﷺ).

Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah narrated: My father wrote to 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakrah who was a judge: Do not pass a judgement between two people while you are angry, for indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'The judge should not judge between two people while he is angry.'

Mu'adh bin Jabal narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dispatched me to Yemen. When I had left, he sent a message after me, so I returned and he said: 'Do you know why I sent a message to you ? Do not take anything without my permission, for that will be Ghulul, and whoever commits Ghulul, he comes with what he took on the Day of Judgement. This is why I called you, so now go and do your job.'

Abu Hurairah narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who bribes and the one who takes a bribe for a judgement.

Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who bribes and the one who takes a bribe.

Anas bin Malik narrated that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If trotter (lacking meat) were given to me I would accept it, and if I was invited to (a meal of) it I would accept.

Umm Salamah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Indeed you come to me with your disputes, and I am only a human being, perhaps one of you is more eloquent at presenting his argument than the other. If I judge for one of you, giving him something from the rights of his brother, then it is only a piece of the Fire that I am giving him, so do not take anything from it.

Alqamah bin Wa'il [bin Hujr] narrated from his father who said: A man from Hadramawt and a man from Kindah came to the Prophet (ﷺ). The Hadrami said: 'O Messenger of Allah! This person took some land of mine.' The Kindi said:'It is my land, It is in my possession, and he has no right to it.' So the Prophet (ﷺ) said to the Hadrami:'Do you have proof?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Then you will have the oath.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah! This man is a liar, it makes not difference what he takes an oath for, he is not ashamed of doing anything!' He said: 'There is nothing you deserve from him except that.' He said: So the man was left to take an oath for it, and in the meantime, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'If he takes an oath [for your property] to wrongfully consume it, He will meet Allah while He is angry with him.

Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that during a Khutbah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: The proof is due from the claimant, and the oath is due from the one the claim is made against.

Ibn 'Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) judged that the oath is due from the one the claim is made against.

Abu Hurairah narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed judgement based on an oath along with one witness. Rabi'ah (one of the narrators) said: A son of Ibn Sa'd bin 'Ubadah informed me saying: 'We found in a book of Sa'd that the Prophet (ﷺ) passed judgement based on an oath along with a witness.'

Jabir narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) passed judgement based on oath along with a witness.

Ja'far bin Muhammad narrated from his father: The Prophet (ﷺ) passed judgement based on an oath along with one witness. He said: And 'Ali judged between you based on it.

Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever frees a portion or, he said: a part or he said: a share he owns of a slave, then he can afford the remainder of the price according to the reasonable price, then he will be free. Otherwise he has freed as much as he has freed (only). Ayyub (one of the narrators) said: Perhaps Nafi said in this Hadith: 'Meaning he has freed as much of him as he has freed.'