Muhtasib ialah hakim yang menyiasat semua kes, apabila tiada tuntutan individu, yang melibatkan hak-hak awam dan tidak melibatkan Hudud (hukuman yang telah ditetapkan) serta perbuatan jenayah.

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.

Artikel ini ialah definisi bagi hakim Hisbah, dan ia diambil daripada riwayat mengenai timbunan makanan, apabila Rasulullah ﷺ mendapati kelembapan di dalam timbunan makanan lalu memerintahkan supaya ia diletakkan di atas makanan itu agar orang ramai dapat melihatnya. Oleh itu, inilah hak-hak umum manusia yang diteliti oleh Rasulullah ﷺ dan baginda membuat keputusan dengan memerintahkan makanan yang lembap itu diletakkan di atas timbunan bagi menghapuskan sebarang penipuan. Ini merangkumi semua hak yang seumpama jenis ini, dan tidak merangkumi hudud serta perbuatan jenayah, kerana ia tidak bersifat sedemikian, dan kerana asal perkara di sini ialah isu-isu yang dipertikaikan antara manusia.

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.