(Explanation of the advice and counsel of the imams of the people of the Sunnah to their followers to prioritize the texts and prohibit following them in taqlid) And likewise, he advised us to prioritize the texts over him, whether from hadith or from
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The Shaykh : That a person should say, in his state or in his words, "O people, do not deviate from my saying," and then become angry when he sees people deviating from his saying. I say that anyone who wants people to follow his saying and considers that to be obligatory has made himself a partner to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), because no one's saying is obligatory to follow except that of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes, he says:
"Rather, He has forbidden us from accepting his words *** as a text through taqlid without proof
And likewise, He advised us" meaning the mujtahid among us, O people of the Sunnah
"He advised us to prioritize the texts over him" meaning over his saying, "whether from hadith or from the Qur'an". The author says here: "He counseled the servants with this". With what did he counsel them? With not following his saying without evidence. He counseled them when he exerted himself and strove in ijtihad and stated the limit of his knowledge, and then he purified himself when asked about it by the Judge. He purified himself when he said, "O people, I am not a prophet, I am not one whose following is obligatory. I am telling you this is the limit of my knowledge, this is the result of my ijtihad, and I am not a prophet who binds you to my saying." He purified himself, or did he not? He purified it on the Day of Resurrection when Allah asks him, saying, "O my Lord, I did not bind Your servants to what I said, but I exerted myself for them and stated the limit of my knowledge, and this is the extent of my effort."
"Rather, He has forbidden us from accepting his words *** as a text through taqlid without proof
And likewise, He advised us" meaning the mujtahid among us, O people of the Sunnah
"He advised us to prioritize the texts over him" meaning over his saying, "whether from hadith or from the Qur'an". The author says here: "He counseled the servants with this". With what did he counsel them? With not following his saying without evidence. He counseled them when he exerted himself and strove in ijtihad and stated the limit of his knowledge, and then he purified himself when asked about it by the Judge. He purified himself when he said, "O people, I am not a prophet, I am not one whose following is obligatory. I am telling you this is the limit of my knowledge, this is the result of my ijtihad, and I am not a prophet who binds you to my saying." He purified himself, or did he not? He purified it on the Day of Resurrection when Allah asks him, saying, "O my Lord, I did not bind Your servants to what I said, but I exerted myself for them and stated the limit of my knowledge, and this is the extent of my effort."