فَأَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِالاخْتِلَافِ...
فَأَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِالاخْتِلَافِ فَأَطَعْتُمُوهُ أَمْ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَعَصَيْتُمُوهُ أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُرَكَاءَ اللَّهِ فِي حُكْمِهِ فَلَكُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا وَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَرْضَى أَمْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ دِيناً نَاقِصاً فَاسْتَعَانَ بِكُمْ عَلَى إِتْمَامِهِ أَمْ أَنْزَلَهُ اللَّهُ تَامّاً فَقَصَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَنْ أَدَائِهِ أَمْ مَا ذَا تَقُولُونَ ‘Did Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Command you with the differing so you are obeying Him -azwj , or did He -azwj Forbid you from it, so you are disobeying Him -azwj ?
Or are you partners of Allah -azwj in His -azwj Judgments, so for you is to say and upon Him -azwj is to Agree? Or did Allah -azwj Reveal a deficient religion so He -azwj is Seeking your assistance upon completing it, or did Allah -azwj Reveal it as completed but Rasool-Allah -saww was deficient from delivering it?
Or what is that you are saying?’ فَقَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ يَا فَتَى He said, ‘Where are you from, O youth?’ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ I said, ‘From the people of Basra.’ قَالَ مِنْ أَيِّهَا He said, ‘From which of its tribes?’ قُلْتُ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ I said, ‘From Abdul Qays.’ قَالَ مِنْ أَيِّهِمْ He said, ‘From which (clan) of theirs?’ قُلْتُ مِنْ بَنِي أُذَيْنَةَ I said, ‘From the clan of Uzina.’ قَالَ مَا قَرَابَتُكَ مِنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ He said, ‘What is your relationship with Abdul Rahman Bin Uzina?’ قُلْتُ هُوَ جَدِّي I said, ‘He is my grandfather.’ فَرَحَّبَ لِي وَ قَرَّبَنِي وَ قَالَ أَيْ فَتَى لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ فَغَلَّظْتَ وَ انْهَمَكْتَ فَعَوَّصْتَ وَ سَأُخْبِرُكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ He was welcoming to me and drew me closer and said, ‘Yes, youth!
You have asked harshly and delved deeply, making it difficult, and I will be informing you, if Allah -azwj so Desires.
أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ فِي اخْتِلَافِ الْقَضَايَا فَإِنَّهُ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ أَمْرِ الْقَضَايَا مِمَّا لَهُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ أَصْلٌ وَ فِي سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ فَلَيْسَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْدُوَ الْكِتَابَ وَ السُّنَّةَ وَ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْنَا لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ فَإِنَّا نَأْخُذُ فِيهِ بِرَأْيِنَا ‘As for your word regarding differing judgments, it is what has been referred to us from the matters of the cases, from what there is an origin for it in the Book of Allah -azwj and in the Sunnah of His -azwj Prophet -saww .
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