The Book of Holding Fast To The Qur’An and The Sunna
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2بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «بُعِثْتُ بِجَوَامِعِ الْكَلِمِ»:
(1) Chapter. The statement of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) “I have been sent with Jawami Kalim (the shortest expression carrying the widest meaning).”
3بَابُ الاِقْتِدَاءِ بِسُنَنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
(2) Chapter. Following the Sunna (legal ways) of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).
4بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ وَتَكَلُّفِ مَا لاَ يَعْنِيهِ:
(3) Chapter. What is disliked of asking too many questions and of troubling oneself with what does not concern one.
5بَابُ الاِقْتِدَاءِ بِأَفْعَالِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
(4) Chapter. To follow the actions of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).
6بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ التَّعَمُّقِ وَالتَّنَازُعِ فِي الْعِلْمِ وَالْغُلُوِّ فِي الدِّينِ وَالْبِدَعِ:
(5) Chapter. What is disliked of going deeply into and arguing about (religious) knowledge, and exaggerating in matter of religion, and of inventing heresies.
7بَابُ إِثْمِ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا:
(6) Chapter. The sin of the people who gives refuge or helps a person innovates an heresy (in the religion) or commits sin..
8بَابُ مَا يُذْكَرُ مِنْ ذَمِّ الرَّأْيِ وَتَكَلُّفِ الْقِيَاسِ:
(7) Chapter. What is said against judging (in religion) made on the basis of one’s own opinion or by Qiyas (without referring to the Quran or Sunna).
9بَابُ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسْأَلُ مِمَّا لَمْ يُنْزَلْ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فَيَقُولُ: «لاَ أَدْرِي»:
(8) Chapter. Whenever the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) was asked about something regarding which no Verse was revealed, he would either say, "I do not know," or give no reply, but he never gave a verdict based on opinion or on Qiyas.
10بَابُ تَعْلِيمِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُمَّتَهُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ، لَيْسَ بِرَأْيٍ وَلاَ تَمْثِيلٍ:
(9) Chapter. The way the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) taught his followers, whether men or women, of what Allah taught him.He did not impart his own opinions, nor did he give a verdict based on Qiyas.
11بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ يُقَاتِلُونَ». وَهُمْ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ:
(10) Chapter. The statement of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.), “A group of my followers will remain victorious in their struggle in the cause of the Truth.” Those are the religious learned men (i.e., Mujtahidun).
12بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا} :
(11) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “... or to cover you with confusion in party strife...” (V.6:65)
13بَابُ مَنْ شَبَّهَ أَصْلاً مَعْلُومًا بِأَصْلٍ مُبَيَّنٍ قَدْ بَيَّنَ اللَّهُ حُكْمَهُمَا، لِيُفْهِمَ السَّائِلَ:
(12) Chapter. Whoever compares an ambiguous situation to a clear well-defined one, both of which have already been explained by the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) to make the questioner understand.
14بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي اجْتِهَادِ الْقُضَاةِ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:
(13) Chapter. What has been said regarding exerting oneself to find out the proper legal verdict which is in harmony with what Allah has revealed.
15بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَتَتْبَعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ»:
(14) Chapter. The statement of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.), “Certainly you (Muslims!) will follow the ways of those who were before you (i.e., Jews and Christians).”
16بَابُ إِثْمِ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى ضَلاَلَةٍ أَوْ سَنَّ سُنَّةً سَيِّئَةً:
(15) Chapter. The sin of the person who invites others to an evil deed or establishes a bad tradition.
17بَابُ مَا ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَحَضَّ عَلَى اتِّفَاقِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ:
(16) Chapter. The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) mentioned and recommended that the religious learned men should not differ. What common opinions the people of the two Haram (sanctuaries) of Makkah and Al-Madina had.
18بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ} :
(17) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “Not for you (O Muhammad (p.b.u.h.), but for Allah) is the decision…” (V.3:128)
19بَابُ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلاً} :
(18) Chapter. The Statementof Allah: “...But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anything.” (V.18:54).
20بَابُ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا} :
(19) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “Thus We have made you [true Muslims, --- real believers of Islamic Monotheism, true followers of Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) and his Sunna (legal ways)], a just (and the best) nation…” (V.2:143)
21بَابُ إِذَا اجْتَهَدَ الْعَامِلُ أَوِ الْحَاكِمُ فَأَخْطَأَ خِلاَفَ الرَّسُولِ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، فَحُكْمُهُ مَرْدُودٌ:
(20) Chapter. If a governor or a ruler gives a verdict based on his opinion and the verdict proves to be wrong and disagrees with the verdict of Allah’s Messenger (p.b.u.h.), but he is unaware of that; then his verdict will be rejected.
22بَابُ أَجْرِ الْحَاكِمِ إِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ:
(21) Chapter. The reward of the judge for giving a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and whether his verdict was right (according to Allah or His Messenger’s verdict) or wrong (i.e., did not agree with the verdict of Allah and His Messenger).
23بَابُ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَى مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحْكَامَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَتْ ظَاهِرَةً:
(22) Chapter. The refutation of the claim of those who say, "All the legal decisions and verdicts given by the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) were apparent (i.e., known to all people)."
24بَابُ مَنْ رَأَى تَرْكَ النَّكِيرِ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حُجَّةً لاَ مِنْ غَيْرِ الرَّسُولِ:
(23) Chapter. Whoever thinks that if the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) did not disapprove of something (said or done in his presence), his silence indicated that it was permissible, but if another person faced a similar situation, his silence should not be taken as a sign of his agreement.
25بَابُ الأَحْكَامِ الَّتِي تُعْرَفُ بِالدَّلاَئِلِ، وَكَيْفَ مَعْنَى الدِّلاَلَةِ وَتَفْسِيرِهَا:
(24) Chapter. The laws that are inferred from certain evidences and what the meaning of an evidence is, and how it is explained.
26بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تَسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ عَنْ شَيْءٍ»:
(25) Chapter. The statement of Prophet (p.b.u.h.): “Do not ask the people of the Scripture (Jews and Chrisrians) about anything.”
27بَابُ كَرَاهِيَةِ الْخِلاَفِ:
(26) Chapter. It is disliked to differ.
28بَابُ نَهْيِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى التَّحْرِيمِ إِلاَّ مَا تُعْرَفُ إِبَاحَتُهُ:
(27) Chapter. Something forbidden, by the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) is legally prohibited unless there is a proof that (later on) it was (made) legal. Similarly, his orders render things obigatory, as he said (to his Companions) when they finished their Ihram, "Sleep with your wives."
29بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَى بَيْنَهُمْ} {وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ} :
(28) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “... And who (conduct) their affair by mutual consultation...” (V.42:38) "… And consult them in the affair…" (V.3:159)
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