وَنا أَبُو حَامِدٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ، نَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، نَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، نَا مُجَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، نَا عَامِرٌ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَا مِنْ حَاكِمٍ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ إِلا يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَلَكٌ آخِذٌ بِقَفَاهُ حَتَّى يُوقِفَهُ عَلَى شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ ، ثُمَّ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مُغْضَبًا ، فَإِنْ قَالَ : أَلْقِهِ أَلْقَاهُ فِي الْمَهْوَى أَرْبَعِينَ خَرِيفًا " ، وَقَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ : لأَنْ أَقْضِيَ يَوْمًا بِحَقٍّ ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَغْزُوَ سَنَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever is a ruler and judges among the people, when he is resurrected on the Day of Judgment, an angel will seize him by the nape of his neck and stand him at the edge of Hell. Then, when that angel looks towards Allah Almighty in anger at that person, Allah Almighty will say: 'Throw him into it.' So the angel will throw him into Hell, whose depth is the distance of forty years." The narrator named Masruq states: If I judge with justice for one day, it is more beloved to me than striving in the path of Allah for a hundred years.