Hadith No: 3
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi - Al-Faqih wa al-Mutafaqih
Mentioning what has been narrated from the Companions and the Successors regarding ruling by ijtihad and the method of qiyas
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (490)
- Sheikh al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Thabit al-Khatib al-Baghdadi said: Al-Nasr ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Ruqaqi narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ali al-Khatbi narrated to me, from Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who said: My father narrated to me, from Yazid ibn Harun, from Asim al-Ahwal
who reported from al-Sha'bi, who said: Abu Bakr was asked about al-Kalalah, and he replied: "I will speak about it based on my opinion. If it is correct, it is from Allah, and if it is wrong, it is from me and from Satan," indicating, I believe, what excludes both son and father. When Umar was appointed as caliph, he said: "I am indeed shy before Allah to oppose anything Abu Bakr said."