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darimi:161ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Bakr b. ʿAmr al-Maʿāfirī > Abū ʿUthmān Muslim b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah Rḍy Allāh ʿNh

[Machine] From him, from the Prophet ﷺ : "Whoever is given a fatwa (religious ruling) by someone who is not firm (knowledgeable/qualified), then indeed his sin is upon the one who gave him the fatwa."  

الدارمي:١٦١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي بَكْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْمَعَافِرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ مُسْلِمِ بْنُ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله

عنه عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «مَنْ أُفْتِيَ بِفُتْيَا مَنْ غَيْرِ ثَبْتٍ فَإِنَّمَا إِثْمُهُ عَلَى مِنْ أَفْتَاهُ»  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:53Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū Hāniʾ Ḥumayd b. Hāniʾ al-Khawlānī > Abū ʿUthmān Muslim b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever is given a Fatwa (verdict) that has no basis, then his sin will be upon the one who issued that Fatwa.'"  

ابن ماجة:٥٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هَانِئٍ الْخَوْلاَنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أُفْتِيَ بِفُتْيَا غَيْرَ ثَبَتٍ فَإِنَّمَا إِثْمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ أَفْتَاهُ