Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1122b
"عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ، إِذَا جَاءَكَ شَىْءٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ فَاقْضِ بِهِ وَلا يَلْفِتَنَّكَ عَنْهُ الرِّجَالُ، فَإِنْ جَاءَكَ أَمْرٌ ليْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَانْظُرْ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاقْضِ بِهَا، وَإِنْ جَاءَكَ أَمْرٌ لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ، وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ سُنَّةٌ مِن رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَانْظُرْ مَا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَخُذْ بِهِ، فَإِنْ جَاءَكَ مَا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فيِهِ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَاخْتَرْ أَىَّ الأَمْرَيْنِ شِئْتَ، إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَجْتَهِدَ بِرَأيِكَ وَتُقَدِّمَ فَتَقَدَّمْ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُوَخِّرَ فَتَأخَّرْ وَلا أَرَى التَّأخِيرَ إِلا خَيْرًا لَكَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Shurayḥ
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Katab Ilayh Idhā Jāʾak Shaʾ from Kitāb Allāh Fāqḍ Bih and Lā Yalfitannak
- h al-Rijāl
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It is narrated from Shurayh that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to him: 'When a matter comes to you from the Book of Allah, judge by it, and let men not divert you from it. If a matter comes to you that is not in the Book of Allah, then look to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and judge by it. If a matter comes to you that is not in the Book of Allah, and there is no Sunnah from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in it, then look at what the people have agreed upon and adopt it. If a matter comes to you that is not in the Book of Allah, and there is no Sunnah from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in it, and no one before you has spoken on it, then choose whichever of the two matters you wish: if you wish to strive with your opinion and advance, then advance; and if you wish to delay, then delay. I do not see delay except as good for you".
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Notes
[ش] ابن أبى شيبة وابن جرير
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