[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he sent Mu'adh to Yemen, said to him, "How will you judge if a matter is presented to you?" He said, "I will judge according to the Book of Allah." He said, "And if you do not find it in the Book of Allah?" He said, "Then I will judge according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "And if you do not find it in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Then I will strive to form an opinion." He struck his chest with his hand and said, "Praise be to Allah who has granted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what pleases the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." 20340 And Abu Ali Al-Roudbari informed us that Muhammad ibn Bakr narrated to us, and Abu Dawood Al-Sijistani narrated to us, and Musaddad narrated to us, and Yahya narrated to us from Shu'ba, who narrated to me from Abu Awn, from Al-Harith ibn Amr, from some of the companions of Mu'adh, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he sent him to Yemen, by implication.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَ مُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ قَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ تَقْضِي إِذَا عَرَضَ لَكَ قَضَاءٌ؟ قَالَ أَقْضِي بِكِتَابِ اللهِ قَالَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْهُ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَقْضِي بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْهُ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَجْتَهِدُ بِرَأْيٍ لَا آلُو قَالَ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَفَّقَ رَسُولَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَا يُرْضِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ 20340 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَوْنٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ نَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ بِمَعْنَاهُ