Sunan ad-Darimi

Shaqiq (bin Salamah) narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What will you do when you are surrounded by such tribulations in which the young will become old and the child will become a youth, and people will take these tribulations (innovations) as Sunnah, and when someone tries to change them, people will say: 'The Sunnah has been changed.' People asked: 'Abu Abdur Rahman! When will this happen?' He replied: 'When your reciters (scholars) will be many and jurists will be few, rulers will be many but trustworthy ones will be few, and deeds will be for the sake of the world instead of the Hereafter.'"

It is narrated from Alqamah that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What will you do during times of tribulation when in those tribulations the old will become elderly and the child will grow up? When something (an innovation) is abandoned in those tribulations, it will be said that a Sunnah has been abandoned. The people asked: When will that happen? He replied: When your scholars will perish and the ignorant will become numerous, there will be many reciters (of the Qur'an) but few jurists, many leaders but few trustworthy people, people will seek the world instead of working for the Hereafter, and other things will be learned instead of the religion.

Imam Awza'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said: I have been informed that it used to be said: Destruction is for the one who acquires jurisprudence in anything other than worship, and for those who make the sacred things lawful through doubts.

It is narrated from Masruq that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The year that will come upon you will be worse than the previous year. I do not mean that one year will be more fertile and lush than the other, nor do I mean that one ruler will be better than the other. What I mean is that your scholars, the righteous and the jurists, will depart, and you will not find anyone to succeed them, and there will come people who will measure matters and affairs according to their own opinions.

Imam Muhammad bin Sirin, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The first to use analogy (qiyas) was Iblis, and it was due to analogy that the sun and the moon were worshipped.

It is narrated from Matar (al-Warraq) that Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) recited this noble verse: «﴿خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ﴾» [الأعراف: 12/7] and said, "Iblis made analogy (qiyas), and he was the first to make analogy."

Masruq said: I fear making analogies and that my foot may slip. (That is, I may fall into misguidance.)

Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: By Allah, if you make analogy (qiyas) the standard, you will declare the lawful as unlawful and the unlawful as lawful.

Imam Amir Sha'bi, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say: In my view, the most detestable thing to say is "What is your opinion?" If a man asks his companion, "What do you think?" and he replies, "What is your opinion?" And Amir did not engage in analogical reasoning (qiyas).

Zabraqan said: Abu Wa'il forbade me from sitting with the people of opinion (those who rely on opinion and analogy).

Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If these people of opinion had been present in the time of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then it would generally be found in the Holy Qur’an: «يسألونك، يسألونك» (i.e., verses would have been revealed in this form).

It is narrated from Abu Hamzah Maymun that Imam Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said to me: O Abu Hamzah! I have spoken, and if there had been any alternative, I would not have uttered a word. Indeed, this time in which I have become the jurist of the people of Kufa is an evil time.

It is narrated from Mujahid that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Beware! Refrain from analogy and philosophical speech in words and actions.

Imam Sha’bi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: I was present with (Qadi) Shurayh, may Allah have mercy on him, when a man from (the tribe of) Murad came to him and asked: Abu Umayyah! What is the blood money for the fingers? He replied: For each finger, ten camels. The man joined his thumb and little finger together and said: Subhan Allah! Are these two equal? Qadi Shurayh, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Subhan Allah! Are your ear and your hand equal? The ear is covered by hair or a turban, so for it (the blood money is) half the full amount, and for the hand (it is the same), half the full amount. Woe to you, the Sunnah takes precedence over your analogy, so follow the Sunnah and do not invent innovations, and as long as you hold on to the hadith, you will not go astray. Abu Bakr al-Hudhali (the narrator) said: Imam Sha’bi, may Allah have mercy on him, said to me: O Hudhali! If one of your crippled or lame men is killed, or a (nursing) child in the cradle is killed, would the blood money for both not be equal? I said: Yes! The blood money for both is equal. He said: Then where has your analogy gone?

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Noble Qur’an will become easy for the people until women, children, and men all will recite it. A man will say, “I have recited the Holy Qur’an but I am not followed; by Allah, I will surely recite it (again), perhaps I will be followed.” Thus, he will recite it again, and still no one will follow him. Then he will say, “I have recited the Qur’an but I was not followed; I stood up with it among them, yet it was of no benefit. Now I will build a mosque in my house, perhaps I will be followed.” So he will build a mosque in his house, but still he will not be followed. Then he will say, “I have recited the Qur’an but I was not followed; I stood up with it, yet I was not followed; I built a mosque in my house, yet I was not followed. By Allah, now I will bring to them things which they will neither find in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, nor have they heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), perhaps then I will be followed.” Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Beware! Avoid what he tells you (whatever he brings besides the Qur’an and Sunnah), for it is misguidance.