[Machine] Then he wrote to the horizons and to the lands to execute every group according to what their scholars agreed upon.  

ثُمَّ كَتَبَ إِلَى الْآفَاقِ وَإِلَى الْأَمْصَارِ لِيَقْضِ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِمَا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ فُقَهَاؤُهُمْ  

[Machine] "The companions of the Prophet ﷺ did not differ, for if they agreed on something and a man left it, he left the Sunnah. And if they differed and a man took the saying of someone, he took the Sunnah."  

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ يَخْتَلِفُوا فَإِنَّهُمْ لَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَتَرَكَهُ رَجُلٌ تَرَكَ السُّنَّةَ وَلَوِ اخْتَلَفُوا فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ بِقَوْلِ أَحَدٍ أَخَذَ بِالسُّنَّةِ»  

[Machine] "Perhaps Ibn Abbas saw the view, and then he left it."  

«رُبَّمَا رَأَى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الرَّأْيَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ»  

[Machine] For me, I have seen an opinion in the matter, so if you see fit to follow it, then follow it." Uthman said, "If we were to follow your opinion, indeed it would be right guidance. And if we were to follow the opinion of the elder before you, then what an excellent opinion it would be." He added, "Abu Bakr used to appoint him as a father."  

لِي إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ فِي الْجَدِّ رَأْيًا فَإِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَنْ تَتَّبِعُوهُ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ «إِنْ نَتَّبِعْ رَأْيَكَ فَإِنَّهُ رَشَدٌ وَإِنْ نَتَّبِعْ رَأْيَ الشَّيْخِ قَبْلَكَ فَنِعْمَ ذُو الرَّأْيِ كَانَ» قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَجْعَلُهُ أَبًا