حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Condemnation of haste in assuming leadership in gatherings and teaching: Al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, said: Whoever speaks before he is needed will be humiliated. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/363].

Condemnation of haste in assuming leadership in councils and teaching: Sahnun, may God have mercy on him, said: I have not found anyone who sold his hereafter for the worldly life of another except the mufti. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 3/983].

Condemnation of haste in assuming leadership in councils and teaching: Malik bin Anas, may God have mercy on him, said: I did not issue a fatwa until seventy people testified that I was worthy of it. [Sifat al-Safwa 2/503].

Condemnation of haste in assuming leadership in gatherings and teaching: Malik ibn Anas, may God have mercy on him, said: I did not give a fatwa until I asked someone who was more knowledgeable than me if he considered me qualified for it. I asked Rabi’ah and I asked Yahya ibn Sa’id, and they both instructed me to do so. I said: O Abu Abdullah, what if they had forbidden you? He said: I would have stopped. A man should not consider himself qualified for anything until he asks someone who is more knowledgeable than him. [Sifat al-Safwah 2/503].

Condemnation of haste in assuming leadership in gatherings and teaching: Al-Shafi’i, may God have mercy on him, said: If a young person assumes leadership, he will miss out on a lot of knowledge. [Sifat al-Safwa 2/553].