[Machine] "Abdullah, how are you when you wear a temptation in which the great ones become disoriented and the small ones grow up and people take it as a tradition? And when it is changed, they say, 'The tradition has changed.' They say, 'And when will that be, O Abu Abdur Rahman?' He said, 'When your readers become numerous, your scholars become few, your leaders become many, and your trustworthy ones become few, and when the worldly life is sought through the actions of the Hereafter.'"  

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا لَبِسَتْكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ يَهْرَمُ فِيهَا الْكَبِيرُ وَيَرْبُو فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ وَيَتَّخِذُهَا النَّاسُ سُنَّةً فَإِذَا غُيِّرَتْ قَالُوا غُيِّرَتِ السُّنَّةُ قَالُوا وَمَتَى ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا كَثُرَتْ قُرَّاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ فُقَهَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ أُمَنَاؤُكُمْ وَالْتُمِسَتِ الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ»  

[Machine] "How are you when you are adorned with a temptation in which the elders grow feeble and the young ones flourish? When something is left from it, it is said, 'The sunnah has been abandoned.' They ask, 'When is that?' He said, 'When your scholars disappear, your ignorants increase, your reciters multiply, your jurists decrease, your leaders increase, your trustworthy individuals decrease, and worldly gains are sought through actions of the Hereafter and understanding of religion diminishes.'"  

كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا لَبِسَتْكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ يَهْرَمُ فِيهَا الْكَبِيرُ وَيَرْبُو فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ إِذَا تُرِكَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قِيلَ تُرِكَتِ السُّنَّةُ قَالُوا وَمَتَى ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا ذَهَبَتْ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ جُهَلَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ قُرَّاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ فُقَهَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ أُمَنَاؤُكُمْ وَالْتُمِسَتِ الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ وَتُفُقِّهَ لِغَيْرِ الدِّينِ»  

[Machine] It is said, "Woe to those who indulge in matters other than worship and those who make the prohibited permissible by means of doubtful actions."  

يُقَالُ «وَيْلٌ لِلْمُتَفَقِّهِينَ لِغَيْرِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَالْمُسْتَحِلِّينَ الحرماتِ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ»  

[Machine] "Every year that comes to you is worse than the year before it. I do not mean by this that it brings more crops or a better leader, but your scholars, elites, and jurists will die, and you will not find their successors. Then a people will come who will judge matters according to their own opinions."  

«لَا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ عَامٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ مِنَ الَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلَهُ أَمَا إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْنِي عَامًا أَخْصَبَ مِنْ عَامٍ وَلَا أَمِيرًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَمِيرٍ وَلَكِنْ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ وَخِيَارُكُمْ وَفُقَهَاؤُكُمْ يَذْهَبُونَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُونَ مِنْهُمْ خَلَفًا وَيَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَقِيسُونَ الْأُمُورَ بِرَأْيِهِمْ»  

[Machine] "The first one who judged Iblis (Satan) and that the sun and moon are not to be worshipped except by measurements."  

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ قَاسَ إِبْلِيسُ وَمَا عُبِدَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ إِلَّا بِالْمَقَايِيسِ»  

[Machine] He recited this verse: "You created me from fire, and You created him from clay." [Al-A'raf 12]. He said, "Iblees (Satan) was arrogant, and he was the first of those who were arrogant."  

أَنَّهُ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ} [الأعراف 12] قَالَ «قَاسَ إِبْلِيسُ وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ قَاسَ»  

[Machine] "That I may measure, and my [two] feet may slip."  

أَنْ أَقِيسَ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمِي»  

[Machine] By Allah, if you adhere to regulations, you will surely make the permissible forbidden and make the forbidden permissible.  

وَاللَّهِ «لَئِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِالْمَقَايِيسِ لَتُحَرِّمُنَّ الْحَلَالَ وَلَتُحِلُّنَّ الْحَرَامَ»  

[Machine] He used to say, "What I disliked most was when someone asked his companion, and he would respond, 'Have you seen?' while he did not compare."  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَا أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ أَرَأَيْتَ أَرَأَيْتَ يَسْأَلُ الرَّجُلُ صَاحِبَهُ فَيَقُولُ أَرَأَيْتَ وَكَانَ لَا يُقَايِسُ  

[Machine] "Would you like me to sit with you, my friends?"  

أَنْ أُجَالِسَ أَصْحَابَ أَرَأَيْتَ»  

[Machine] That those were present during the time of the Prophet ﷺ when the majority of the Qur'an was revealed, they ask you, they ask you.  

أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ كَانُوا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَنَزَلَتْ عَامَّةُ الْقُرْآنِ يَسْأَلُونَكَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ»  

[Machine] "O Abu Hamza, by Allah, I have spoken the truth even if I may have found trouble in doing so. And indeed, there is a time when I may become a scholar amongst the people of Kufa, during a time of adversity."  

لِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ «وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَلَوْ وَجَدْتُ بُدًّا مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ وَإِنَّ زَمَانًا أَكُونُ فِيهِ فَقِيهَ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ زَمَانُ سُوءٍ»  

[Machine] Omar, with stubbornness, meaning in speech.  

عُمَرُ إِيَّاي وَالْمُكَايَلَةَ يَعْنِي فِي الْكَلَامِ  

[Machine] I witnessed a dispute, and a man from Murad came to him and said, "O Abu Umamah, what is the blood money for the fingers?" He replied, "Ten dirhams, ten dirhams." The man said, "Subhan Allah! Are these fingers equal?" He joined the ring finger with the thumb and said, "O Abu Umamah, are your ear and hand equal?" Because the ear covers the hair, the turban, and has half of the blood money, and the hand has the other half. Woe unto you! The sunnah has preceded your analogy, so follow it and do not innovate, for you will not go astray as long as you adhere to the tradition." Abu Bakr said, "Then Ash-Sha'bi told me, 'O Dhu al-Iyyad, if one of your tribesmen is killed and this baby is in his cradle, would their blood money be the same?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'So where is the analogy?'"  

شَهِدْتُ شُرَيْحًا وَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُرَادٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ مَا دِيَةُ الْأَصَابِعِ؟ قَالَ «عَشْرٌ عَشْرٌ» قَالَ يَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَسَوَاءٌ هَاتَانِ؟ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الْخِنْصِرِ وَالْإِبْهَامِ فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ يَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَسَوَاءٌ أُذُنُكَ وَيَدُكَ؟ فَإِنَّ الْأُذُنَ يُوَارِيهَا الشَّعْرُ وَالْكُمَّةُ وَالْعِمَامَةُ فِيهَا نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَفِي الْيَدِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَيْحَكَ إِنَّ السُّنَّةَ سَبَقَتْ قِيَاسَكُمْ فَاتَّبِعْ وَلَا تَبْتَدِعْ فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تَضِلَّ مَا أَخَذْتَ بِالْأَثَرِ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ يَا هُذَلِيُّ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحْنَفَكُمْ قُتِلَ وَهَذَا الصَّبِيُّ فِي مَهْدِهِ أَكَانَ دِيَتُهُمَا سَوَاءً؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ الْقِيَاسُ؟  

[Machine] From the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم, regarding "Perhaps I am being followed", Mu'adh said, "Beware of what he has brought, for what he has brought is misguidance."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَلِّي أُتَّبَعُ قَالَ مُعَاذٌ فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمَا جَاءَ بِهِ فَإِنَّ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ ضَلَالَةٌ