The Book of the Etiquette of Judges
بَابُ : فَضْلِ الْحَاكِمِ الْعَادِلِ فِي حُكْمِهِ
Chapter: Virtue of the Judge Who is Just in Passing Judgement
2بَابُ : الإِمَامِ الْعَادِلِ
Chapter: The Just Ruler
3بَابُ : الإِصَابَةِ فِي الْحُكْمِ
Chapter: Passing Correct Judgement
4بَابُ : تَرْكِ اسْتِعْمَالِ مَنْ يَحْرِصُ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ
Chapter: Not Appointing One Who is Eager to be a Judge
5بَابُ : النَّهْىِ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةِ الإِمَارَةِ
Chapter: Prohibition of Asking for Governorship
6بَابُ : اسْتِعْمَالِ الشُّعَرَاءِ
Chapter: Appointing Poets
7بَابُ : إِذَا حَكَّمُوا رَجُلاً فَقَضَى بَيْنَهُمْ
Chapter: If People Appoint a Man as Judge, and He Passes Judgment Among Them
8بَابُ : النَّهْىِ عَنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ النِّسَاءِ، فِي الْحُكْمِ
Chapter: Prohibition of Appointing Women for Judgment
9بَابُ : الْحُكْمِ بِالتَّشْبِيهِ وَالتَّمْثِيلِ وَذِكْرِ الاِخْتِلاَفِ عَلَى الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ فِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
Chapter: Passing Judgment on the Basis of a Comparison or Similarities, and Mentioning the Differences Reported From Al-Walid Bin Muslim In The Hadith Of Ibn 'Abbas
10بَابُ : ذِكْرِ الاِخْتِلاَفِ عَلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ فِيهِ
Chapter: Mentioning the Different Reports from Yahya Ibn Abi Ishaq
11بَابُ : الْحُكْمِ بِاتِّفَاقِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ
Chapter: Ruling According to the Consensus of the Scholars
12بَابُ : تَأْوِيلِ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ}
Chapter: Meaning of the Verse: "And Whosoever Does Not Judge By What Allah Has Revealed, Such Are The Disbelievers"
13بَابُ : الْحُكْمِ بِالظَّاهِرِ
Chapter: Judgment Based on What is Apparent
14بَابُ : حُكْمِ الْحَاكِمِ بِعِلْمِهِ
Chapter: Ruling of a Judge Based on His Knowledge
15بَابُ : السَّعَةِ لِلْحَاكِمِ فِي أَنْ يَقُولَ لِلشَّىْءِ الَّذِي لاَ يَفْعَلُهُ افْعَلْ لِيَسْتَبِينَ الْحَقَّ
Chapter: The Judge is Allowed to Speak of Something That He Will Not Actually Do in Order to Establish the Truth
16بَابُ : نَقْضِ الْحَاكِمِ مَا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ غَيْرُهُ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِثْلُهُ أَوْ أَجَلُّ مِنْهُ
Chapter: The Judge Undoing a Ruling Passed by Someone Else of His Caliber or Greater Than Him
17بَابُ : الرَّدِّ عَلَى الْحَاكِمِ إِذَا قَضَى بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ
Chapter: Refuting a Judge if He Passes an Incorrect Judgment
18بَابُ : ذِكْرِ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِلْحَاكِمِ أَنْ يَجْتَنِبَهُ
Chapter: Mentioning What the Judge Should Avoid
19بَابُ : الرُّخْصَةِ لِلْحَاكِمِ الأَمِينِ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ
Chapter: Concession Allowing a Trustworthy Judge to Pass Judgment When He is Angry
20بَابُ : حُكْمِ الْحَاكِمِ فِي دَارِهِ
Chapter: The Judge Passing Judgment in His House
21بَابُ : الاِسْتِعْدَاءِ
Chapter: Seeking Help Against Another Person
22بَابُ : صَوْنِ النِّسَاءِ عَنْ مَجْلِسِ الْحُكْمِ
Chapter: Sparing Women the Need to Attend the Ruling
23بَابُ : تَوْجِيهِ الْحَاكِمِ إِلَى مَنْ أُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُ، زَنَى
Chapter: The Judge Turning Toward One Who Tells Him That He Has Committed Zina
24بَابُ : مَسِيرِ الْحَاكِمِ إِلَى رَعِيَّتِهِ لِلصُّلْحِ بَيْنَهُمْ
Chapter: The Judge Going to His People to Reconcile Between Them
25بَابُ : إِشَارَةِ الْحَاكِمِ عَلَى الْخَصْمِ بِالصُّلْحِ
Chapter: The Judge Advising Disputing Parties to Reconcile
26بَابُ : إِشَارَةِ الْحَاكِمِ عَلَى الْخَصْمِ بِالْعَفْوِ
Chapter: The Ruler Suggesting That the Disputant Should Pardon
27بَابُ : إِشَارَةِ الْحَاكِمِ بِالرِّفْقِ
Chapter: The Judge Suggesting Leniency
28بَابُ : شَفَاعَةِ الْحَاكِمِ لِلْخُصُومِ قَبْلَ فَصْلِ الْحُكْمِ
Chapter: The Judge Seeking to Intercede for One of the Disputing Parties Before Passing Judgment
29بَابُ : مَنْعِ الْحَاكِمِ رَعِيَّتَهُ مِنْ إِتْلاَفِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَبِهِمْ حَاجَةٌ إِلَيْهَا
Chapter: The Ruler Preventing His Flock From Wasting Their Wealth When They Have Need Of It
30بَابُ : الْقَضَاءِ فِي قَلِيلِ الْمَالِ وَكَثِيرِهِ
Chapter: Passing Judgment in a Dispute Concerning a Little Wealth, or a Great Deal of Wealth
31بَابُ : قَضَاءِ الْحَاكِمِ عَلَى الْغَائِبِ إِذَا عَرَفَهُ
Chapter: The Judge Passing a Judgment on Someone in Absentia, if he Knows Who he is
32بَابُ : النَّهْىِ عَنْ أَنْ يُقْضَى فِي قَضَاءٍ بِقَضَاءَيْنِ
Chapter: Prohibition of Passing Two Judgments on One Issue
33بَابُ : مَا يَقْطَعُ الْقَضَاءُ
Chapter: What May Cancel a Judgment
34بَابُ : الأَلَدِّ الْخَصِمِ
Chapter: The Most Quarrelsome of Opponents
35بَابُ : الْقَضَاءِ فِيمَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ
Chapter: Passing Judgment When There is no Evidence
36بَابُ : عِظَةِ الْحَاكِمِ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ
Chapter: The Judge Advising Disputants to Take an Oath
37بَابُ : كَيْفَ يَسْتَحْلِفُ الْحَاكِمُ
Chapter: How the Judge is to Ask People to Swear for an Oath
