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Bayhaqi 13440 — Evidence that the Prophet ﷺ is not to be followed

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنبأ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ يَعْنِي عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " لَا يُمْسِكَنَّ النَّاسُ عَلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ وَإِنِّي " لَا أُحِلُّ لَهُمْ، إِلَّا مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَهُمْ، وَلَا أُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ، إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ " قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ وَلَوْ ثَبَتَ فَبَيِّنٌ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ عَلَى مَا وَصَفْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَالَ: " لَا يُمْسِكَنَّ النَّاسُ عَلَيَّ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا يُمْسِكُوا عَنِّي بَلْ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِأَنْ يُمْسَكَ عَنْهُ، وَأَمَرَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ بِذَلِكَ.
It is narrated from Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let people not hold me to anything, for I make lawful for them only what Allah has made lawful for them, and I make unlawful for them only what Allah has made unlawful."
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This is munqati' (its chain is broken). And even if it were established, it is clear from it that it is as I have described, if Allah wills: he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Let people not hold me to anything," and he did not say, "Let them not hold to what comes from me"; rather he commanded that what comes from him be held to, and Allah, exalted be His praise, commanded that.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 13440
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