Muhtasib shi ne alƙalin da yake bincikar dukkan al'amura, idan babu ƙarar wani mutum ɗaya, waɗanda suka shafi haƙƙoƙin jama'a waɗanda ba su shafi Hudud (hukuncin da aka tanadar) da kuma laifuffuka.

The Muhtasib is the judge who investigates all cases, in the absence of an individual litigation, involving the rights of the public that do not involve the Hudud (proscribed punishments) and criminal acts.

Wannan labari ya zama ma'anar alƙalin Hisba, kuma an ɗauko shi daga hadisin game da tarin abinci, tun da Manzon Allah ﷺ ya lura da danshi a cikin tarin abincin, sai ya umarta a sa shi a saman abincin domin mutane su gani. Saboda haka, waɗannan su ne haƙƙoƙin jama'a gabaɗaya waɗanda Manzon Allah ﷺ yake dubawa da yanke hukunci a kansu, ta hanyar umartar a sa abincin da ya jiƙe a saman tarin domin a cire duk wata yaudara. Wannan ya ƙunshi dukkan haƙƙoƙin irin wannan, kuma ba ya ƙunshi Hudud da laifuffukan aikata laifi, domin ba su a irin wannan yanayi ba, kuma asalin magana a nan shi ne rigingimun da ke tsakanin mutane.

This article is the definition for the judge of the Hisbah, and it is taken from the narration regarding the heap of the food, since the Messenger (pbuh) found dampness in the heap of the food and ordered that it should be placed on top of the food so that the people could see it. Accordingly, these were the general rights of the people that the Messenger (pbuh) was looking into and judged upon by ordering the moist food to be placed on the top of the heap in order to remove any cheating. This encompasses all of the rights which are of this type, and does not encompass the Hudud and criminal acts, since they are not of this nature, and because the origin here is the disputed issues between people.