Accepting the ruling of a layperson chosen as a judge in remote villages
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In some villages far from the cities and far from the courts, disputes occur, and some of them judge a person they choose as a judge between them, and he is a layperson. Is his ruling accepted if both parties agree?
Answer:
The villages are surrounded by cities, so they return to the nearby city. And generally, the Kingdom, praise be to Allah, is covered by courts in the cities, and in most of the large villages there are courts.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In some villages far from the cities and far from the courts, disputes occur, and some of them judge a person they choose as a judge between them, and he is a layperson. Is his ruling accepted if both parties agree?
Answer:
The villages are surrounded by cities, so they return to the nearby city. And generally, the Kingdom, praise be to Allah, is covered by courts in the cities, and in most of the large villages there are courts.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (46:53)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.