al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5911
✧ The ruling on what the people of knowledge have agreed upon.
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ يَسْأَلُهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ
«أَنِ اقْضِ بِمَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَبِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ وَلَا سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاقْضِ بِمَا قَضَى بِهِ الصَّالِحُونَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ وَلَا فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَقْضِ بِهِ الصَّالِحُونَ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَقَدَّمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَأَخَّرْ وَلَا أَرَى التَّأَخُّرَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا لَكَ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Bashhār
- Abū ʿĀmir
- Sufyān
- al-Shaybānī
- al-Shaʿbī
- Shurayḥ
- Katab
- ʿUmar Yasʾaluh Fakatab Ilayh
✧ "Judge by what is in the Book of Allah. If it is not in the Book of Allah, then by the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If it is not in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then judge by what the righteous have judged. If it is not in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the righteous have not judged it, then if you wish, proceed, and if you wish, hold back. I do not see holding back as anything but better for you. And peace be upon you."
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