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darimi:177 – Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Hishām > Muḥammad > Ḥudhayfah

[Machine] Only three types of people can issue religious judgements: an Imam (religious leader), a judge, or a person who knows abrogated verses of the Quran from the abrogating ones. The people asked Hudhayfah, "Who is he?" He replied, "Umar ibn Al-Khattab or someone foolish who pretends to be knowledgeable."  

الدارمي:١٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا يُفْتِي النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَجُلٌ إِمَامٌ أَوْ وَالٍ وَرَجُلٌ يَعْلَمُ نَاسِخَ الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ الْمَنْسُوخِ قَالُوا يَا حُذَيْفَةُ مِنْ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَوْ أَحْمَقُ مُتَكَلِّفٌ  

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darimi:178 – ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Usāmah > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad > Abū ʿUbaydah b. Ḥudhayfah

[Machine] Hudhaifah, one of three people, is the one who issues fatwas (religious rulings) regarding the abrogated and abrogating verses of the Qur'an. They asked, "Who is that?" 'Umar ibn al-Khattab replied, "It is a knowledgeable person who understands the abrogated and abrogating verses," and he added, "And a ruler who finds no alternative or foolish person who pretends to be knowledgeable." Then Muhammad ﷺ said, "I am not one of these two, and I hope not to be the third."  

الدارمي:١٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنبَأَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

حُذَيْفَةُ إِنَّمَا يُفْتِي النَّاسَ أَحَدُ ثَلَاثَةٍ رَجُلٌ عَلِمَ نَاسِخَ الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ مَنْسُوخِهِ قَالُوا وَمَنْ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ «وَأَمِيرٌ لَا يَجِدُ بُدًّا أَوْ أَحْمَقُ مُتَكَلِّفٌ» ثُمَّ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَلَسْتُ بِوَاحِدٍ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ الثَّالِثَ