Then we find one of the Hadith being compatible with the...
Then we find one of the Hadith being compatible with the general Muslims and the other opposing, which of the two should we take from the two Ahadith?’ قَالَ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى مَا هُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَمِيلُونَ فَإِنَّ مَا خَالَفَ الْعَامَّةَ فَفِيهِ الرَّشَادُ He -asws said: ‘One should look at when they are inclining towards, for whatever opposes the general Muslims, the rightful guidance is in it’.
قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَإِنْ وَافَقَهُمُ الْخَبَرَانِ جَمِيعاً I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !
Supposing both the Ahadith are compatible with them all?’ قَالَ انْظُرُوا إِلَى مَا يَمِيلُ إِلَيْهِ حُكَّامُهُمْ وَ قُضَاتُهُمْ فَاتْرُكُوهُ جَانِباً وَ خُذُوا بِغَيْرِهِ He -asws said: ‘Look at what their rulers and their judges are inclining towards, leave it aside and take with the other one!’ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ وَافَقَ حُكَّامُهُمُ الْخَبَرَيْنِ جَمِيعاً I said, ‘Supposing their rulers are compatible with both the Ahadith together?’ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ كَذَلِكَ فَأَرْجِهِ وَ قِفْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَى إِمَامَكَ فَإِنَّ الْوُقُوفَ عِنْدَ الشُّبُهَاتِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الِاقْتِحَامِ فِي الْهَلَكَاتِ وَ اللَّهُ الْمُرْشِدُ He -asws said: ‘When it was like that, postpone it and pause at it until you meet your Imam -asws , for the pausing at the suspicious matters is better than the storming into the destruction, and Allah -azwj is the Guide’.
[2] شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ يُونُسَ مَوْلَى عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ أَخِيهِ مُنَازَعَةٌ فَدَعَاهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَأَبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَرْفَعَهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ فَهُوَ كَمَنْ حَاكَمَ إِلَى الْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوتِ وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَحاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ بَعِيداً Tafseer Al-Ayyashi – From Yunus, a disciple of Ali, From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘One who has a dispute between him and his brother so he calls him to a man from his companion to judge between them but he refuses except that he will raise it to the ruler, he is like the one who has gone for judgment to the false god (Jibt) and the tyrant (Taghout), and Allah -azwj has Said: They are intending to summon each other to the judgment of the tyrant, although they have been Commanded to disbelieve in him, and the Satan intends to stray them with a far straying [4:60] ’.
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