Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is appointed as a judge, indeed he has been slaughtered without a knife." This hadith is also in Fawa'id Ibn al-A'rabi, and in it is: "So indeed he has been slaughtered without a knife." And in the hadith of Za'farani, the word "faqad" (indeed) is not present. And I have seen it in the Mu'jam of the shuyukh of Sufyan Thawri, with the chain of 'Ammarah bin Ghaziyyah from Sa'id al-Maqburi from Abu Hurairah, and they have narrated it as marfu' and in it the word "faqad" (indeed) is present.
Hadith Referenceمسند الشهاب / 395
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده حسن ،وأخرجه المعجم الصغير : 491، و أبو داود : 3572 ، وابن ماجه : 2308 ، وبزار : 8473»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that indeed the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever is appointed to the position of judge has truly been slaughtered without a knife."
Hadith Referenceمسند الشهاب / 396
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده حسن ، وأخرجه أبو داود : 3571 ، وترمذي : 1325، وابويعلي : 5866»