Abu Sa'id al-Khudri or Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seven people Allah will grant His shade when there is no other shade: (1) A just ruler. (2) A young man who worships Allah in his youth. (3) A servant whose heart remains attached to the mosque until he returns to it. (4) Two men who love each other for the sake of Allah, meeting upon that and parting upon that. (5) One who remembers Allah in solitude and weeps. (6) A man whom a beautiful woman invites to sin, and he says: 'I fear Allah.' (7) One who gives charity secretly, so that when he gives with his right hand his left does not even know."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20160
Sayyiduna Iyad bin Himar al-Mujashi'i (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in his sermon, and he mentioned the hadith, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of Paradise are of three kinds: a moderate ruler who gives charity and is granted success; a merciful, soft-hearted man (soft-hearted) towards every relative; and a poor man who is chaste and gives charity. The people of the Fire are of five kinds: first, the weak man who has no restraint, those who are followers among you and do not seek family or wealth; second, the treacherous man whose greed is not hidden, who betrays even in a trivial thing; third, the man who morning and evening deceives you about your family and your wealth; fourth, he also mentioned miserliness and lying; and fifth, the foul-mannered person."
(b) In the narration of Qatadah: "A just ruler."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20161
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (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: "On the Day of Resurrection, those who act justly will be on pulpits of light, on the right of the Most Merciful, and both of the Most Merciful's hands are right hands: those who are just in their judgements, with their families, and in whatever they are put in charge of."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20162
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three kinds of people whose supplication Allah does not reject: (1) the just ruler, (2) the fasting person until he breaks his fast, and (3) the supplication of the oppressed; it is carried upon the clouds, the gates of heaven are opened for it, and Allah, the Lord of Might, says: By My might, I will surely help it, even if after a while."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20163
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Envy (ghibtah) is permissible regarding two men: (1) one whom Allah gave wealth and then enabled him to spend it in the right way; (2) one whom Allah granted wisdom, who teaches it and also judges by it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20164
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (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 seeks the office of judge for the Muslims and attains it, if his justice prevails over his injustice, Paradise is for him; but whoever's injustice prevails over his justice, Hell is for him."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20165
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the judge sits in his place, two angels keep him upright and guide him, as long as he does not commit injustice. When he commits injustice, they both ascend and leave him."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20166
Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah is with the judge as long as he does not commit injustice. When he commits injustice, Allah disowns him and Satan clings to him."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20167
Sayyiduna Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah is with the judge as long as he does not commit injustice; when he commits injustice, Allah leaves him to himself."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20168
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most beloved of people to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, and the nearest of them to me in seating, is a just ruler; and the most hated of people to me on the Day of Resurrection, and the most severely punished, is an unjust ruler."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20169
Abd al-Malik bin Maysarah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard Kardus bin Qays (may Allah have mercy on him), who was the public judge in Kufah, say: One of the Companions who fought at Badr (may Allah be pleased with him) informed me that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "To sit in a gathering like this is more beloved to me than freeing four slaves."
Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Which gathering? He said: The gathering of the judge.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20170
Hajjaj bin Artah states that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A judge's day in which he is granted (the ability to reach) justice and truth is more beloved to me than a year of campaigning, or a hundred days.
Al-Hajjaj bin Artah attributed it to Ibn Mas'ud with a broken (munqati') chain; it is only narrated from Masruq.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20171
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (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: "There is no ruler who judges between people." He mentioned the hadith.
Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says: That I judge one day with truth is more beloved to me than fighting for a year in the path of Allah.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20172