Muhtasib — bu umumiy huquqlarga oid va da'vogari bo'lmagan barcha ishlarni ko'rib chiquvchi qozi bo'lib, bunday ishlar jazo kodeksi (Hudud) va jinoyat qonunlari (Jinayat) doirasiga kirmagan taqdirdagina.

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). .

Bu hisbah qozisining ta'rifi bo'lib, u ovqat uyumi haqidagi hadisdan kelib chiqqan ta'rifdir. Allah Elchisi ﷺ ovqat uyumida nam bo'lganini sezdi va shuning uchun nam ovqatni ustki qismga chiqarib qo'yishni buyurdi, toki odamlar uni ko'rsinlar. Demak, bu Allah Elchisi ﷺ nazar solib, aldovning oldini olish uchun nam ovqat yuqorida ko'rsatilishi kerak, deb hukm qilgan jamoat huquqi edi. Bu shunday xarakterdagi barcha jamoat huquqlariga yoki manfaatlariga taalluqlidir. Jinoyat kodeksi yoki jinoyat huquqi bunga kirmaydi, chunki ular bu turdagi masalalar emas, balki avvalo odamlar o'rtasidagi nizolardir.

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.