42. The Sunnah

٤٢۔ كتاب السنة

42.2 Prohibition Of Controversy And Of Following The Allergorical Verses In the Qur'an

٤٢۔٢ باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْجِدَالِ، وَاتِّبَاعِ، مُتَشَابِهِ الْقُرْآنِ

abudawud:4598al-Qaʿnabī > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm al-Tustarī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this verse: “He it is who has sent down to thee the Book: in it are verses basic or fundamental . . . .” Up to “men of understanding”. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: When you see those people who follow that which is allegorical in the Quran, those are the people whom Allah has named (in the Quran). So avoid them.  

أبو داود:٤٥٩٨حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ { هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ } إِلَى { أُولُو الأَلْبَابِ } قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ فَأُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ سَمَّى اللَّهُ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ