Al-Muhtasib shi ne alƙali wanda ke yin hukunci a dukkan shari'o'in da suka shafi haƙƙoƙin jama'a, waɗanda kuma ba su da mai ƙara, matuƙar waɗannan shari'o'in ba su shiga cikin Hudood (dokar hukunce-hukuncen laifuffuka) da Jinayat (dokar laifuffuka ta shari'ar Musulunci) ba.

The Muhtasib is the judge that deals in all the cases that concern the public rights and which do not have a plaintiff, as long as these cases do not fall under the Hudood (penal code) and the Jinayat (criminal law).

Wannan ita ce ma'anar alkalin Hisba, wadda aka samo daga Hadisin game da tarin abinci lokacin da Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ga danshi a cikin tarin abincin, sai ya umarta a sa abincin da ya jike a sama domin mutane su gani. Wannan haƙƙin jama'a ne da Manzon Allah ﷺ ya duba, ya yanke hukuncin cewa a sa abincin da ya jike a sama don hana yaudara. Wannan ya shafi duk haƙƙoƙin jama'a ko maslahohin da suke irin wannan. Ba ya haɗa da dokar laifuka ko dokar hukunci, domin ba irin su ɗaya ba ne, kuma da farko rikici ne tsakanin mutane.

This is the definition of the judge of Hisba, a definition that is deduced from the Hadith relating to the heap of food when 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. This was a public right on which the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) 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, and they are disputes between people in the first place.