Al-Hasan reported: Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, heard Ibn Abbas being lenient with temporary marriage to women. Ali said, “Do not be hasty, Ibn Abbas! For the Messenger
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Ibn Sirin reported: No one after the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was as cautious with what he did not know than Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased
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Al-Mu’afa ibn ‘Imran reported: Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I met the jurists and they disliked to answer a question or a request for a legal
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‘Imran al-Minqari reported: I said one day to Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah be pleased with him, about something he claimed, “O Abu Sa’id, this is not as the jurists say!”
Yazid ibn Rukanah reported: Rukanah had divorced his wife irrevocably and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, only counted it as one divorce. Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2196
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Sa’id ibn Sulayman reported: I never heard Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, issue a religious verdict on anything but that he would recite this verse, “Verily, we only
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Layth reported: Tawus, may Allah have mercy on him, if the people became too strict in a matter, he would grant them a concessions in it. If the people became
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Abu Usamah reported: Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Indeed, knowledge in our view is granting a proper concession upon a reliable basis. As for giving the
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Anas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever seeks to be a judge and asks others to intercede so he can have it, he will be
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Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah reported: Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The most daring of people to issue religious verdicts are those with the least knowledge of the
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Abdur Rahman ibn Mu’awiyah reported: A man asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, what is lawful and unlawful for me?”
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Abu Tha’laba reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me what is lawful and unlawful for me.” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Righteousness is serenity
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Al-Bayhaqi reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, confronted the Khawarij, saying, “As for your statement that Ali has delegated ruling to men in the affair of Allah,
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Sa’d ibn ‘Ubaydah reported: A man came to Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and he said, “Is there repentance for one who kills a believer?” Ibn Abbas
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Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, was presented with a dispute between a Muslim and a Jew. Umar believed that the truth was
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Al-Shafi’i reported: Abu Yusuf, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I know our elders among the scholars would dislike to say in their verdicts that this is lawful and
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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, writes, “As for knowing the condition of people, this is a tremendous principle required of the scholar and judge. For if he
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‘Awf ibn Malik reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I fear for you six trials: foolish leaders, shedding of blood, bribery in judgments, severing family ties,
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If you make a judgment, be just. If you have to kill, kill in the
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Ziyad ibn Hudayr reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said to me, “Do you know what will dismantle Islam?” I said no. Umar said, “Islam will
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