[Machine] He (said to him), "O Abu al-Sha'tha', indeed you are one of the knowledgeable people of Basra, so do not issue fatwas except with a clear Quranic verse or a established Sunnah, for if you do anything different from that, you will be ruined, and you will cause ruin."
لَهُ «يَا أَبَا الشَّعْثَاءِ إِنَّكَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ الْبَصْرَةِ فَلَا تُفْتِ إِلَّا بِقُرْآنٍ نَاطِقٍ أَوْ سُنَّةٍ مَاضِيَةٍ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ هَلَكْتَ وَأَهْلَكْتَ»