85. Gracious Accommodation of Human Error

عن عَمْرِو بن الْعَاصِ أَنَّهُ سمع رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قال إذا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وإذا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ

‘Amr ibn al-‘As (rta) reports that he heard God’s Messenger (sws) say: “If a ruler passes a judgement and tries his best to arrive at the truth and then succeeds, he will be entitled to two units of reward, and if a ruler passes a judgement and tries his best to arrive at the truth but does not succeed, he will still be given a unit of reward.”[1]

[1]. Ibid., vol. 3, 1342, (no. 1716).