Imaam al-Barbahaaree (rahima-hullaah) mentions:
((From the Sunnah is that you do not help anyone in disobedience to Allaah, whether they be parents or any of the creation. There is no obedience to a human in disobedience to Allaah an dno one is to be loved for that (i.e. disobedience to Allaah).
Rather, all of that is to be hated for (the sake of) Allaah, the Blessed and Most High)).
Sharhus-Sunnah - Imaam al-Barbahaaree
'Umar ibn al-Khattaab (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu) said:
((There is no excuse for anyone going astray thinking that he is upon guidance. Nor for abandoning guidance thinking it to be misguidance, since the affairs have been made clear, the proof established and the excuse cut off)).
Reported by Ibn Battah in "al-lbaantul-Kubraa" (no. 162) by way of al-Awzaa'ee that it reached him that 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu) said it. However, its chain is munqati' (disconnected)
'Umar ibn 'Abdul-'Azeez said:
((There is no excuse for anyone, after the Sunnah, to be misguided upon error which he thought was guidance)).
as-Sunnah (no.95) of al-Marwazee
Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((When a hadeeth is found to be saheeh, then that is my madhhab)).
Ibn 'Aabideen in al-Haashiyah (1/63) and in his essay Rasm al-Mufti (1/4 from the Compilation of the Essays of Ibn 'Aabideen), Shaikh Saalih al-Fulaani in Eeqaaz al-Himam (p. 62) and others. Ibn 'Aabideen quoted from Sharh al-Hidaayah by Ibn al-Shahnah al-Kabeer, the teacher of Ibn al-Humaam.
Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((It is haraam for someone who does not know my evidence to give fataawa on the basis of my words)).
Another narration adds:
((... for we are mortals: we say one thing one day, and take it back the next day)).
Ibn 'Abdul Barr in Al-Intiqaa' fi Fadaa'il ath-Thalaathah al-A'immah al-Fuqahaa' (p. 145), Ibn al-Qayyim in I'laam al-Mooqi'een (2/309), Ibn 'Aabideen in his Footnoes on Al-Bahr ar-Raa'iq (6/293) and in Rasm al-Mufti (pp. 29, 32) & Sha'raani in Al-Meezaan (1/55) with the second narration. Similar narrations exist on the authority of Abu Haneefah's companions Zafar, Abu Yoosuf and 'Aafiyah ibn Yazeed; cf. Eeqaaz (p. 52). Ibn al-Qayyim firmly certified its authenticity on the authority of Abu Yoosuf in I'laam al-Mooqi'een (2/344).
Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((When I say something contradicting the Book of Allaah the Exalted or what is narrated from the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), then ignore my saying)).
Al-Fulaani in Eeqaaz al-Himam (p. 50), tracing it to Imaam Muhammad and then saying, "This does not apply to the mujtahid, for he is not bound to their views anyway, but it applies to the muqallid.
Truly I am a mortal...
Imaam Maalik ibn Anas (rahima-hullaah) said:
((Truly I am only a mortal: I make mistakes (sometimes) and I am correct (sometimes). Therefore, look into my opinions: all that agrees with the Book and the Sunnah, accept it; and all that does not agree with the Book and the Sunnah, ignore it)).
Ibn 'Abdul Barr in Jaami' Bayaan al-'Ilm (2/32), Ibn Hazm, quoting from the former in Usool al-Ahkaam (6/149), and similarly Al-Fulaani (p. 72)
Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (rahima-hullaah) said:
((The Sunnahs of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) reach, as well as escape from every one of us. So whenever I voice my opinion, or formulate a principle, where something contrary to my view exists on the authority of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), then the correct view is what the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) has said, and it (that) is my view)).
Related by Haakim with a continuous sanad up to Shaafi'i, as in Taareekh Dimashq of Ibn 'Asaakir (15/1/3), I'laam al-Mooqi'een (2/363, 364) & Eeqaaz (p. 100)
Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((Indeed the people of Truth and the Sunnah do not follow anyone [unconditionally] except the messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), the one who does not speak from his desires - it is only revelation revealed to him)).
Majmoo'ah al-Fataawaa Ibn Taymiyyah, vol 3, page 216, Daar Ibn Hazm Print, Trans: Aboo 'Abdis-Salaam
A man came to al-Hasan (al-Basree) and said:
((I wish to debate with you about the Religion)).
al-Hasan replied:
((I know my Religion. If you have lost your Religion go out and look for it)).
Reported by al-Aajurree in ash-Sharee`ah (p. 57), al-Laalikaa'ee in as-Sunnah (no. 215) and Ibn Battah (no. 586) and it is saheeh
Ibn Taahir al-Maqdisee al-Haafidh said, I heard the Imaam, Abu Ismaa'eel 'Abdullaah ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree saying, whilst in Haraah:
((The sword was put to my neck five times [and each time] it was not said to me, 'Leave your madhhab' but it was said to me, 'Remain silent about those who are in opposition to you'. So I would say, 'I will not remain silent')).
Aadaab ash-Sharee'ah (1/207) of Ibn Muflih al-Maqdisee al-Hanbalee
al-Humaydee, the Shaykh of al-Bukhaaree said:
((By Allaah, that I war against those who reject the hadeeth of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) is more beloved to me than that I should war against the same number of Non-Muslims)).
al-Harawee in Dhamm al-Kalaam
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
((The jihaad with decisive proofs [from the Book and the Sunnah] and the tongue takes precedence over the jihaad with the sword and the spear)).
al-Jawaab as-Saheeh of Ibn Taymiyyah (1/237)
Nasr bin Zakariyaa said I heard Muhammad bin Yahyaa adh-Dhuhlee saying, I heard Yahyaa bin Yahyaa saying,
((Defence of the Sunnah is more superior than jihaad in the path of Allaah)).
So I said:
((A man spends his wealth, tires his body and strives (in jihaad), so is this one (still) better than him?))
He said:
((Yes, by many times!))
Dhammu al-Kalaam of al-Harawee
((From the Sunnah is that you do not help anyone in disobedience to Allaah, whether they be parents or any of the creation. There is no obedience to a human in disobedience to Allaah an dno one is to be loved for that (i.e. disobedience to Allaah).
Rather, all of that is to be hated for (the sake of) Allaah, the Blessed and Most High)).
Sharhus-Sunnah - Imaam al-Barbahaaree
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'Umar ibn al-Khattaab (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu) said:
((There is no excuse for anyone going astray thinking that he is upon guidance. Nor for abandoning guidance thinking it to be misguidance, since the affairs have been made clear, the proof established and the excuse cut off)).
Reported by Ibn Battah in "al-lbaantul-Kubraa" (no. 162) by way of al-Awzaa'ee that it reached him that 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu) said it. However, its chain is munqati' (disconnected)
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'Umar ibn 'Abdul-'Azeez said:
((There is no excuse for anyone, after the Sunnah, to be misguided upon error which he thought was guidance)).
as-Sunnah (no.95) of al-Marwazee
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Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((When a hadeeth is found to be saheeh, then that is my madhhab)).
Ibn 'Aabideen in al-Haashiyah (1/63) and in his essay Rasm al-Mufti (1/4 from the Compilation of the Essays of Ibn 'Aabideen), Shaikh Saalih al-Fulaani in Eeqaaz al-Himam (p. 62) and others. Ibn 'Aabideen quoted from Sharh al-Hidaayah by Ibn al-Shahnah al-Kabeer, the teacher of Ibn al-Humaam.
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Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((It is haraam for someone who does not know my evidence to give fataawa on the basis of my words)).
Another narration adds:
((... for we are mortals: we say one thing one day, and take it back the next day)).
Ibn 'Abdul Barr in Al-Intiqaa' fi Fadaa'il ath-Thalaathah al-A'immah al-Fuqahaa' (p. 145), Ibn al-Qayyim in I'laam al-Mooqi'een (2/309), Ibn 'Aabideen in his Footnoes on Al-Bahr ar-Raa'iq (6/293) and in Rasm al-Mufti (pp. 29, 32) & Sha'raani in Al-Meezaan (1/55) with the second narration. Similar narrations exist on the authority of Abu Haneefah's companions Zafar, Abu Yoosuf and 'Aafiyah ibn Yazeed; cf. Eeqaaz (p. 52). Ibn al-Qayyim firmly certified its authenticity on the authority of Abu Yoosuf in I'laam al-Mooqi'een (2/344).
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Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((When I say something contradicting the Book of Allaah the Exalted or what is narrated from the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), then ignore my saying)).
Al-Fulaani in Eeqaaz al-Himam (p. 50), tracing it to Imaam Muhammad and then saying, "This does not apply to the mujtahid, for he is not bound to their views anyway, but it applies to the muqallid.
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Truly I am a mortal...
Imaam Maalik ibn Anas (rahima-hullaah) said:
((Truly I am only a mortal: I make mistakes (sometimes) and I am correct (sometimes). Therefore, look into my opinions: all that agrees with the Book and the Sunnah, accept it; and all that does not agree with the Book and the Sunnah, ignore it)).
Ibn 'Abdul Barr in Jaami' Bayaan al-'Ilm (2/32), Ibn Hazm, quoting from the former in Usool al-Ahkaam (6/149), and similarly Al-Fulaani (p. 72)
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Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (rahima-hullaah) said:
((The Sunnahs of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) reach, as well as escape from every one of us. So whenever I voice my opinion, or formulate a principle, where something contrary to my view exists on the authority of the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), then the correct view is what the Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) has said, and it (that) is my view)).
Related by Haakim with a continuous sanad up to Shaafi'i, as in Taareekh Dimashq of Ibn 'Asaakir (15/1/3), I'laam al-Mooqi'een (2/363, 364) & Eeqaaz (p. 100)
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Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahima-hullaah) said:
((Indeed the people of Truth and the Sunnah do not follow anyone [unconditionally] except the messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), the one who does not speak from his desires - it is only revelation revealed to him)).
Majmoo'ah al-Fataawaa Ibn Taymiyyah, vol 3, page 216, Daar Ibn Hazm Print, Trans: Aboo 'Abdis-Salaam
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A man came to al-Hasan (al-Basree) and said:
((I wish to debate with you about the Religion)).
al-Hasan replied:
((I know my Religion. If you have lost your Religion go out and look for it)).
Reported by al-Aajurree in ash-Sharee`ah (p. 57), al-Laalikaa'ee in as-Sunnah (no. 215) and Ibn Battah (no. 586) and it is saheeh
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Ibn Taahir al-Maqdisee al-Haafidh said, I heard the Imaam, Abu Ismaa'eel 'Abdullaah ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree saying, whilst in Haraah:
((The sword was put to my neck five times [and each time] it was not said to me, 'Leave your madhhab' but it was said to me, 'Remain silent about those who are in opposition to you'. So I would say, 'I will not remain silent')).
Aadaab ash-Sharee'ah (1/207) of Ibn Muflih al-Maqdisee al-Hanbalee
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al-Humaydee, the Shaykh of al-Bukhaaree said:
((By Allaah, that I war against those who reject the hadeeth of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) is more beloved to me than that I should war against the same number of Non-Muslims)).
al-Harawee in Dhamm al-Kalaam
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Ibn al-Qayyim said:
((The jihaad with decisive proofs [from the Book and the Sunnah] and the tongue takes precedence over the jihaad with the sword and the spear)).
al-Jawaab as-Saheeh of Ibn Taymiyyah (1/237)
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Nasr bin Zakariyaa said I heard Muhammad bin Yahyaa adh-Dhuhlee saying, I heard Yahyaa bin Yahyaa saying,
((Defence of the Sunnah is more superior than jihaad in the path of Allaah)).
So I said:
((A man spends his wealth, tires his body and strives (in jihaad), so is this one (still) better than him?))
He said:
((Yes, by many times!))
Dhammu al-Kalaam of al-Harawee