Name: Episode 13: Be Fair When You Judge
Uploaded: 2020-05-06T08:30:00.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: What do the angels do when we are called to judge between two disputing parties?

<p>What do the angels do when we are called to judge between two disputing parties?
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 One of the assumptions that we sometimes make when we're navigating through  these hadith and these narrations,  especially as they pertain to drama is that we're going to be the center of the  drama.  But all of us know that at times we are called to judge in a dispute.  We're caused to pass judgment on something that's unfolding before our eyes.  Sometimes where we have no business doing so,  but we're often caused to judge and the greatest verse of justice or one of the  greatest verses of justice in the Qur'an is where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,  wa la yajrimannakum shana'an wa qawmin AAala alla ta'dilu  that you don't let your hatred for people cause you to swear from justice,  that you always stay upon justice.  And that is a quality and trait that you will rarely find,  even amongst righteous people,  that you naturally have a bias towards those that you love.  You naturally have a bias towards your friends.  Your friends are always misunderstood. Even when they're wrong,  your enemies are always devious, even when they're right. Right?  So you're always, you know, torn.  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam talked about the formal position though,  of being asked to judge in an affair. Okay. Which comes with authority.  And obviously there's the formal position of the Qadi, the judge in a state.  And then there is the, uh, the,  the arbitration or some sort of dispute that requires you to step in or where  you're asked to step in.  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that whoever forces themselves into a  position of judgment, meaning a position of authority,  will be entrusted to it.  Meaning they won't have any blessing from Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.  But when a person is asked to judge and they judge  righteously, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,  no person is asked to judge and they're reluctant to do so because they fear  doing wrong by someone, except that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la sends an angel,  Fasaddadahu, and Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la guides them aright, guides them to the truth.  And there's a beautiful incident that took place with Umar Bin Al-Khattab,  RadhiAllahu Anhu, who of course is known for his justice.  He's known for the way he held the standard of justice to everyone,  but at the same time always showed great mercy and just cultivated such a  beautiful society in his time, RadhiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu.  And that justice was shown even when it was Muslims and non-Muslims  under Umar Bin Al-Khattab, RadhiAllahu Anhu.  So Saeed Bin Wasayb, RadhiAllahu Anhu, narrates, he said,  one time a Muslim and a Jew had a dispute under the authority of Umar Bin Al-Khattab,  RadhiAllahu Anhu.  And Umar Bin Al-Khattab judged in favor of the Jew over the Muslim.  So the Jewish man, he said, you have judged correctly.  So Umar Bin Al-Khattab had his durra, his stick, and he poked him and he said,  Wa ma yudreek? He said, wait, how do you know that I judged correctly?  What are you talking about?  And he said that no person judges in accordance with the truth,  except that Allah sends two angels, one on his right and one on his left,  to support him in that. Once he leaves the truth, the angels leave him.  And that's something that Umar, RadhiAllahu Anhu, confirmed.  And obviously that's confirmed through the words of our own messenger,  SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.  So when you are called to a dispute, to judge between two people,  you could either play the role of the Shaytan.  You could play the role of the devil and perpetuate things and make them worse  and be unfair.  Or you can play the role of the truth and make sure that you establish justice  to the best of your ability and Allah would send a special angel to assist you  in doing so.

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