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Bayhaqi 13593 — Collected chapters on the duties of guardians, fathers

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِسُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ، فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ، فَخُذُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَانْتَهُوا "، رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَقَدْ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْأَمْرُ فِي مَعْنَى النَّهْيِ فَيَكُونَانِ لَازِمَيْنِ إِلَّا بِدَلَالَةِ أَنَّهُمَا غَيْرُ لَازِمَيْنِ، وَيَكُونُ قَوْلُهُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ " أَنْ يَقُولَ: عَلَيْهِمْ إِتْيَانُ الْأَمْرِ فِيمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا؛ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ إِنَّمَا كُلِّفُوا مَا اسْتَطَاعُوا وَعَلَى أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ طَلَبُ الدَّلَائِلِ لِيُفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ الْحَتْمِ وَالْمُبَاحِ وَالْإِرْشَادِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَالنَّهْيِ مَعًا، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave me alone as long as I leave you alone (and do not ask questions and the like), for the nations before you were destroyed because of their (unnecessary) questions and their disagreeing with their prophets. When I command you to do something, carry it out to the extent of your ability, and when I forbid you from something, keep away from it."
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is possible that the command is in the same sense as the prohibition, so that both are binding unless there is evidence that they are not binding; and his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, "So do of it what you are able," means that they are required to carry out the command as far as they are able, because people are only held responsible according to their ability. And the people of knowledge must seek out the evidences in order to distinguish between what is obligatory, what is permissible, and guidance that is not obligatory, in both command and prohibition. And Allah knows best.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 13593
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