عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ: عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((مَا مِنْ حَاكِمٍ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا حُبِسَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَلَكٌ آخِذٌ بِقَفَاهُ حَتَّى يُوقِفَهُ عَلَى جَهَنَّمَ، ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَإِنْ قَالَ: أَلْقِهِ، أَلْقَاهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ يَهْوِي أَرْبَعِينَ خَرِيفًا))
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated once or twice that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever is a ruler and judges between people, on the Day of Resurrection he will be stopped, and an angel will seize him by the neck and bring him very close to Hell. Then that angel will raise his head and look towards Allah Almighty. If Allah Almighty commands, “Throw him,” then the angel will throw him into Hell, and he will keep falling for forty years.