سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب التَّوَرُّعِ عَنِ الْجَوَابِ فِيمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ كِتَابٌ وَلاَ سُنَّةٌ:Chapter: Caution in Answering Without Clear Evidence from Qur'an or Sunnah
Hadith 109
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ أَبَانَ، أَخْبَرَنِي حَاتِمٌ هُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل، عَنْ عِيسَى، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ: جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: "كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ فِيهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي أَنْتَ بِرَأْيِكَ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا تَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ هَذَا ؟ أَخْبَرْتُهُ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَيَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ رَأْيِي، وَدِينِي عِنْدِي آثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ أَتَغَنَّى أُغْنِيَّةً أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكَ بِرَأْيِي".
Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came and asked about something. I said, “Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says such and such about this.” He said, “What is your opinion?” Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Are you not amazed at this man? I told him that Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says this, and he says, “Tell me your opinion,” even though my method (i.e., narrating the opinions of others) is more preferable to me. By Allah, I would rather go around singing songs than express my own opinion.
