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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب آداب القاضي
Book of the Etiquette of the Judge
باب: من اجتهد، ثم رأى أن اجتهاده خالف نصا أو إجماعا أو ما في معناه، رده على نفسه، وعلى غيره
Chapter: One who exercises ijtihad, then sees that it contradicts a text, consensus or something of its meaning, must revoke it for himself and others
Bayhaqi 20373 — One who exercises ijtihad, then sees
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَعْقِلٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ، ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، وَرَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَا: كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، يَقُولُ: " مَا مِنْ طِينَةٍ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيَّ فَكًّا، وَمَا مِنْ كِتَابٍ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيَّ رَدًّا مِنْ كِتَابٍ قَضَيْتُ بِهِ، ثُمَّ أَبْصَرْتُ أَنَّ الْحَقَّ فِي غَيْرِهِ، فَفَسَخْتُهُ ".
Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Breaking open a clay seal is very easy for me, and changing a judgement I have made is easier still, when I see that the truth is contrary to it.
Chapter: A ruler who exercises ijtihad, and then his ijtihad, or the ijtihad of someone else, changes in a matter where ijtihad is permissible: what he judged is not overturned
"When a ruler, or someone else, exercises ijtihad in permissible cases and then his ijtihad changes, it is not permissible to change the judgement."
By way of evidence from what has passed concerning an error in the qibla in the Book of Prayer.
Chapter: A ruler who exercises ijtihad, and then his ijtihad, or the ijtihad of someone else, changes in a matter where ijtihad is permissible: what he judged is not overturned
"When a ruler, or someone else, exercises ijtihad in permissible cases and then his ijtihad changes, it is not permissible to change the judgement."
By way of evidence from what has passed concerning an error in the qibla in the Book of Prayer.
