Muhtasib shi ne alƙalin da yake yanke hukunci a dukkan al'amuran da suka shafi haƙƙoƙin al'umma gaba ɗaya, waɗanda ba su da mai ƙara, matukar waɗannan al'amura ba su faɗa ƙarƙashin dokar laifuffuka ba (Hudud) da dokokin manyan laifuffuka (Jinayat).

The Muhtasib is the judge that deals in all the cases that concerns the common rights and which do not have a plaintiff, as long as these cases do not fall under the penal code (Hudud) and the criminal laws (Jinayat). .

Wannan ita ce ma'anar alkalin Hisbah, wadda aka samo daga hadisin game da tudun abinci. Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ga danshi a cikin tudun abincin, sai ya umarci a fitar da abincin da ya jika a sama domin mutane su gani. Don haka wannan wani haƙƙin jama'a ne da Manzon Allah ﷺ ya duba, ya kuma yanke hukunci cewa abincin da ya jika ya kamata a nuna shi a sama don hana yaudara. Wannan ya shafi duk haƙƙoƙin jama'a ko maslahohin jama'a irin wannan. Bai haɗa da dokar hukunci ko dokar laifuffuka ba, domin ba irin wannan ba ne, don tun farko rikici ne tsakanin mutane.

This is the definition of the judge of Hisbah, which is a definition deduced from the hadith relating to the heap of food. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) discovered dampness in the heap of food so he ordered that the damp food be displayed on the top so that people could see it. So this was a public right on which the Messenger of Allah looked into, and judged that the wet food should be displayed at the top to prevent cheating. This applies to all the public rights or interests that are of this nature. It does not include the penal code or the criminal law, for they are not of the same sort, for they are disputes between people in the first place.