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bukhari:2964ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh Laqad Atānī al-Yawm a man Fasaʾalanī > Amr Mā Darayt Mā Arud ʿAlayh

Today a man came to me and asked me a question which I did not know how to answer. He said, "Tell me, if a wealthy active man, well-equipped with arms, goes out on military expeditions with our chiefs, and orders us to do such things as we cannot do (should we obey him?)" I replied, "By Allah, I do not know what to reply you, except that we, were in the company of the Prophet ﷺ and he used to order us to do a thing once only till we finished it. And no doubt, everyone among you will remain in a good state as long as he obeys Allah. If one is in doubt as to the legality of something, he should ask somebody who would satisfy him, but soon will come a time when you will not find such a man. By Him, except Whom none has the right to be worshipped. I see that the example of what has passed of this life (to what remains thereof) is like a pond whose fresh water has been used up and nothing remains but muddy water."  

البخاري:٢٩٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ؓ لَقَدْ أَتَانِي الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ أَمْرٍ مَا دَرَيْتُ مَا أَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلاً مُؤْدِيًا نَشِيطًا يَخْرُجُ مَعَ أُمَرَائِنَا فِي الْمَغَازِي فَيَعْزِمُ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَشْيَاءَ لاَ نُحْصِيهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِلاَّ أَنَّا كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَعَسَى أَنْ لاَ يَعْزِمَ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَمْرٍ إِلاَّ مَرَّةً حَتَّى نَفْعَلَهُ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَنْ يَزَالَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا اتَّقَى اللَّهَ وَإِذَا شَكَّ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَىْءٌ سَأَلَ رَجُلاً فَشَفَاهُ مِنْهُ وَأَوْشَكَ أَنْ لاَ تَجِدُوهُ وَالَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ مَا أَذْكُرُ مَا غَبَرَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ كَالثَّغْبِ شُرِبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ  


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hakim:420Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Zuhrī > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > al-Aʿmash And Ḥdthnā Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Mūsá b. Isḥāq al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > al-Aʿmash > Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-a neighborūdī > Yūsuf b. Mūsá > Jarīr Waʾabū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh > Saʾalanī al-Yawm a man > Shayʾ Mā Adrī Mā Aqūl Lah > Araʾayt a man Muʾaddab Nashīṭ Ḥarīṣ > al-Jihād > Yaʿzim ʿAlaynā Umarāʾunā Ashyāʾ Lā Nuḥṣīhā > Faqult Wa-al-Lah Mā Adrī Mā Aqūl Lak Illā

[Machine] About something, I don't know what to say to him. He said, "Have you seen a disciplined, active, and eager man who is keen on jihad, saying that our leaders are planning things that we cannot count?" I said, "By Allah, I don't know what to say to you except that we used to be with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and perhaps he would not command anything unless we did it. And whatever resembles the obscurity of this world is like the foam from the drink, its clarity has been consumed leaving only its dregs. And indeed, one of you will continue to be in goodness as long as they fear Allah Almighty. And when something troubles them, they should approach a knowledgeable person to ask for guidance, and I swear by Allah, they will soon discover that they will not find a solution."  

الحاكم:٤٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الزُّهْرِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أَنْبَأَ الْأَعْمَشُ وَحدثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْجَارُودِيُّ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا جَرِيرٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ

عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا مُؤَدَّبًا نَشِيطًا حَرِيصًا عَلَى الْجِهَادِ يَقُولُ يَعْزِمُ عَلَيْنَا أُمَرَاؤُنَا أَشْيَاءَ لَا نُحْصِيهَا؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ «وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِلَّا أَنَّا كُنَّا نَكُونُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَعَلَّهُ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِالشَّيْءِ إِلَّا فَعَلْنَاهُ وَمَا أَشْبَهَ مَا غَبَرَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَالثَّغْبِ شُرِبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَنْ يَزَالَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا اتَّقَى اللَّهَ ﷻ وَإِذَا حَاكَ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَيْءٌ أَتَى رَجُلًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَشَفَاهُ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَيُوشِكَنَّ أَنْ لَا تَجِدُوهُ»  

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