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Bayhaqi 14739 — Reports on the saying of Allah the Mighty

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ، أنا الرَّبِيعُ، أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ بَعْضَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُ قَوْلًا مَعْنَاهُ مَا أَصِفُ: " لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ تَعْدِلُوا بِمَا فِي الْقُلُوبِ فَلَا تَمِيلُوا كُلَّ الْمَيْلِ لَا تُتْبِعُوا أَهْوَاءَكُمْ أَفْعَالَكُمْ فَيَصِيرُ الْمَيْلُ بِالْفِعْلِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَكُمْ فَتَذَرُوهَا كَالْمُعَلَّقَةِ وَمَا أَشْبَهَ مَا قَالُوا عِنْدِي بِمَا قَالُوا؛ لِأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى تَجَاوَزَ عَمَّا فِي الْقُلُوبِ وَكَتَبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ الْأَفْعَالَ وَالْأَقَاوِيلَ، فَإِذَا مَالَ بِالْقَوْلِ وَالْفِعْلِ فَذَلِكَ كُلُّ الْمَيْلِ ".
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard some of the people of knowledge saying (something), which I describe: "You will never be able to be just" [Surah al-Nisa: 129] in what is in your hearts, so "do not incline completely" [Surah al-Nisa: 129], meaning that you should not follow your desires and actions, for that would be inclination in deed, which is not permissible for you, so that "you leave her as one suspended" [Surah al-Nisa: 129]; because Allah, the Lord of Might, does not take to account what is in the heart, but He takes to account actions and words, and whoever inclines by word and deed, that is complete inclination.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسم والنشوز / 14739
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ قاله الشافعي في الام 5/ 111»