Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on Innovations, Personal Opinions and Analogies َّدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ ضَلَّ عِلْ٠َةَ عِنْدَ الْجَا٠ْلاءِ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَخَطِّ علي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الْجَا٠ْ تَدَعْ لاحَدٍ كَلا٠ُ الْحَلالِ وَالْحَرَا٠ِ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْقِيَاسِ طَلَبُوا الْعِلْ٠َ بِالْقِيَاسِ فَلَ٠ِنَ الْحَقِّ إِلا بُعْداً إِنَّ دِينَ الله لا يُصَابُ بِالْقِيَاسِ.

The people of analogy sought knowledge through analogy and it increased to their knowledge but taking them away from knowledge. The religion of Allah is not of matters to learn through analogy.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/197)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)