A man once asked Imam Ahmad, ‘I sometimes find myself in a gathering where the Sunnah is mentioned, but no-one apart from me has more knowledge of it. Shall I speak up and say something?’
Imam Ahmad then said, ‘State what the Sunnah is, but do not argue over it.’
The man then repeated his statement and so Imam Ahmad said, ‘I only see you to be an argumentative man!’
And this is what Malik (rahimahullah) meant in his saying (after informing people of the Sunnah), ‘And if they don’t accept it from you, then be silent.’
Imam Ahmad then said, ‘State what the Sunnah is, but do not argue over it.’
The man then repeated his statement and so Imam Ahmad said, ‘I only see you to be an argumentative man!’
And this is what Malik (rahimahullah) meant in his saying (after informing people of the Sunnah), ‘And if they don’t accept it from you, then be silent.’
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