أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: قِيلَ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ رَحِمَهُ الله تَعَالَي: لَوْ جَمَعْتَ النَّاسَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ ؟، فَقَالَ: "مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَخْتَلِفُوا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ كَتَبَ إِلَى الْآفَاقِ وَإِلَى الْأَمْصَارِ، لِيَقْضِ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِمَا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ فُقَهَاؤُهُمْ".
Humaid said: I said to Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him: If only you would unite all the people upon one thing. He replied: If they did not differ, I would not be pleased. Humaid said: Then Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote to all the cities and provinces that every group should decide according to what their jurists have unanimously agreed upon.