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tabarani:4424ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī > al-Manṣūr b. Muḥammad > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

What are you doing? They said: We are grafting them, whereupon he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield less fruit. They made a mention of it (to the Holy Prophet), whereupon he said: I am a human being, so when I command you about a thing pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you about a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a human being. 'Ikrima reported that he said something like this. (Using translation from Muslim 2362)   

الطبراني:٤٤٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا الْمَنْصُورُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُؤَبِّرُونَ النَّخْلَ يَقُولُ يُلَقِّحُونَ قَالَ «مَا تَصْنَعُونَ؟» قَالُوا كُنَّا نَصْنَعُهُ قَالَ «لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا كَانَ خَيْرًا» فَتَرَكُوهَا فَشِيصَتْ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ دِينِكُمْ فَخُذُوا بِهِ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ دُنْيَاكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ»  


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muslim:2362ʿAbdullāh b. al-Rūmī al-Yamāmī And ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī And Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Maʿqirī > al-Naḍr b. Muḥammad > ʿIkrimah Wahū Ibn ʿAmmār > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

What are you doing? They said: We are grafting them, whereupon he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield less fruit. They made a mention of it (to the Holy Prophet), whereupon he said: I am a human being, so when I command you about a thing pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you about a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a human being. 'Ikrima reported that he said something like this.  

مسلم:٢٣٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الرُّومِيِّ الْيَمَامِيُّ وَعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَعْقِرِيُّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يَأْبُرُونَ النَّخْلَ يَقُولُونَ يُلَقِّحُونَ النَّخْلَ فَقَالَ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ قَالُوا كُنَّا نَصْنَعُهُ قَالَ لَعَلَّكُمْ لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا كَانَ خَيْرًا فَتَرَكُوهُ فَنَفَضَتْ أَوْ فَنَقَصَتْ قَالَ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ إِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْ دِينِكُمْ فَخُذُوا بِهِ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْ رَأْىٍ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا قَالَ الْمَعْقِرِيُّ فَنَفَضَتْ وَلَمْ يَشُكَّ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «فَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ، فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ» أَرَادَ بِهِ: مَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدِّينِ، لَا مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:23Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Rūmī > al-Naḍr b. Muḥammad > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

What are you doing? They said: We are grafting them, whereupon he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield less fruit. They made a mention of it (to the Holy Prophet), whereupon he said: I am a human being, so when I command you about a thing pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you about a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a human being. 'Ikrima reported that he said something like this. (Using translation from Muslim 2362)   

ابن حبّان:٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الرُّومِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُؤَبِّرُونَ النَّخْلَ يَقُولُ يُلَقِّحُونَ قَالَ فَقَالَ «مَا تَصْنَعُونَ؟ » فَقَالُوا شَيْئًا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَهُ فَقَالَ «لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا كَانَ خَيْرًا» فَتَرَكُوهَا فَنَفَضَتْ أَوْ نَقَصَتْ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِكُمْ فَخُذُوا بِهِ وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ دُنْيَاكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ»