سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب في كَرَاهِيَةِ أَخْذِ الرَّأْيِ:Chapter: Dislike of Relying on Personal Opinion
Hadith 222
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ شريك، عَنْ مُبَارَكٍ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: "سُنَّتُكُمْ وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ بَيْنَهُمَا: بَيْنَ الْغَالِي وَالْجَافِي، فَاصْبِرُوا عَلَيْهَا رَحِمَكُمْ اللَّهُ، فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ السُّنَّةِ كَانُوا أَقَلَّ النَّاسِ فِيمَا مَضَى، وَهُمْ أَقَلُّ النَّاسِ فِيمَا بَقِيَ: الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا مَعَ أَهْلِ الْإِتْرَافِ فِي إِتْرَافِهِمْ، وَلَا مَعَ أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ فِي بِدَعِهِمْ، وَصَبَرُوا عَلَى سُنَّتِهِمْ حَتَّى لَقُوا رَبَّهُمْ، فَكَذَلِكُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَكُونُوا".
Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: By the One besides whom there is no deity, your Sunnah (adherence) is between the extremes of the exaggerator and the one who turns away, so adopt this middle path—may Allah have mercy on you. In the past, those devoted to the Sunnah were the fewest among people, and in the remaining times to come, they will also be the fewest—those who did not follow the rebellious in their rebellion, nor the innovators in their innovation, and remained firm upon their Sunnah way until they met their Lord. So you too, by Allah’s command, be like them.
