Hadith 3702

Ibn Mawhab narrated: Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Ibn Umar: Go and judge among people. He said: Will you excuse me, O Commander of the Faithful? He said: Why do you dislike it when your father judged? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Whoever was a judge and judged justly will barely escape it unscathed. He did not argue further. [Narrated by al-Tirmidhi] In a narration by Razin from Nafi‘, Ibn Umar said to Uthman: O Commander of the Faithful, I will not judge between two people. He said: Your father judged. He said: If my father was uncertain about something, he asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and if the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was uncertain, he asked Jibril. I find no one to ask. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Whoever seeks refuge with Allah has sought a great refuge. I seek refuge with Allah from being made a judge. So he excused him and said: Do not tell anyone.