مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب أقضية رسول الله ﷺBook of the Judgments of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
كتاب أقضية رسول الله ﷺThe Book of the Judgments of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
Hadith 31057
٣١٠٥٧ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا وكيع عن شعبة عن أبي عون عن الحارث ابن (عمرو) (١) (الهذلي) (٢) عن رجل من أهل حمص من أصحاب معاذ عن معاذ أن النبي ﷺ لما بعثه قال: "كيف تقضي؟ " قال: أقضي بكتاب اللَّه، قال: "فإن لم يكن كتاب؟ " قال: أقضي بسنة (رسول اللَّه ﷺ) (٣)، قال: "فإن لم تكن سنة من رسول ⦗٨٦⦘ اللَّه (٤)؟ "، قال: أجتهد (رأيي) (٥) قال: فقال النبي (صلى اللَّه عليه و (سلم)) (٦) (٧): "الحمد للَّه الذي وفق رسول رسول اللَّه" (٨) (٩).
Hazrat Mu'adh narrates that when the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him as a judge, he asked, "How will you decide?" Hazrat Mu'adh replied, "By the Book of Allah." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If you do not find it in the Book of Allah?" Hazrat Mu'adh said, "I will decide according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If you do not find it in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" Hazrat Mu'adh said, "I will exercise my own judgment (ijtihad)." Hazrat Mu'adh says that then the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "All praise is due to Allah who has granted the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) the ability to act in accordance with the truth."
