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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If offered the position of judge, is he obligated to accept it?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. He says: From my side, I graduated from the College of Sharia and was selected as a judge. In reality, I have no experience in judging and I do not want to be a judge. So what guidance does the Shaykh give to me and others like me?

Answer:
We guide him by saying that you are required to comply. If you are appointed to the judiciary without having requested it, Allah will help you with it. Allah will help you with it, and you are a graduate of the College of Sharia, praise be to Allah. You have studied jurisprudence, hadith, and tafsir; you have studied the sciences of Sharia. So it is obligatory for you, if the one in authority requests you, to comply. And Allah the Exalted will help you with that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2517 - من عرض عليه القضاء هل يلزمه القبول؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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