English Translation

Abdullah bin Yazid narrated to us, he said Haywah narrated to us, he said Yazid bin Abdullah bin al-Had narrated to me, from Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin al-Harith, from Busr bin Sa'id, from Abu Qays (the freed slave of Hadrat Amr bin al-As), from Hadrat Amr bin al-As (may Allah be well pleased with him) who said he heard the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) declare: "When a judge makes a ruling and exercises his ijtihad (independent reasoning) and arrives at the correct ruling, he receives two rewards. And when he makes a ruling and exercises his ijtihad but makes an error, he receives one reward." (The narrator said:) I narrated this hadith to Hadrat Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Hazm, and he said: "Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Rahman also narrated the same to me from Hadrat Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be well pleased with him)." And Abd al-Aziz bin al-Muttalib narrated similarly from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr, from Abu Salamah, from the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).