Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3576b
"عَنِ الشَّعْبِىِّ قَاَل: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى شُرَيْحٍ: إِذَا أَتَاكَ أَمْرٌ فِى كِتَابِ اللهِ وَكَانَ في سُنَّةِ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ فَاقْضِ بِهِ (ولاَ يَلْفِتَنَّكَ الرِّجَالُ عنه) فإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ في كِتَابِ الله وَكانَ في سُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ فَاقْضِ به (فإِن لم يكن في كتَاب اللهِ، وَكان في سُنَّة رسول اللهِ فَاقْضِ بما قَضىَ به أئمة الهدى)، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ في كِتابِ اللهِ وَلاَ في سُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ وَلاَ فِيما قَضى بِه أَئِمَّةُ الْهُدَى فَأَنْتَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شِئْتَ تَجْتَهِدُ رَأيَكَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُؤامِرَنِى، وَلاَ أَرَى لك مُؤامَرَتَكَ إِيَّاىَ إلاَّ أَسْلَمَ لَكَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shaʿbi
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"From al-Sha'bi, who said: 'Umar wrote to Shurayh: If a matter comes to you that is in the Book of Allah, and it is in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then judge by it, and let not men turn you away from it. If it is not in the Book of Allah but it is in the Sunnah of His Messenger, then judge by it (if it is not in the Book of Allah, and it is in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, then judge by what the rightly guided imams judged). If it is neither in the Book of Allah, nor in the Sunnah of His Messenger, nor in what the rightly guided imams judged, then you have the choice: if you wish, exercise your own judgment, and if you wish, consult me; and I do not think your consulting me is anything but safer for you."
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[ص] سعيد بن منصور [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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