CHAPTER: Struggling for an opinion when passing judgements.
Some companions of Muadh ibn Jabal said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم intended to send Muadh ibn Jabal to the Yemen, he asked: How will you judge when the occasion of deciding a case arises? He replied: I shall judge in accordance with Allah's Book. He asked: (What will you do) if you do not find any guidance in Allah's Book? He replied: (I shall act) in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He asked: (What will you do) if you do not find any guidance in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and in Allah's Book? He replied: I shall do my best to form an opinion and I shall spare no effort. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then patted him on the breast and said: Praise be to Allah Who has helped the messenger of the Messenger of Allah to find something which pleases the Messenger of Allah.
Muadh bin Jabal said that when the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم sent him to the Yemen. . . He then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.