Sunan Abi Dawud 3571
سنن أبي داود#3571SahihNarrated Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniSahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiHasan
In-book reference: 25:1