أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَيْمُونُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ ، قَالَ : كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، إِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ الْخَصْمُ نَظَرَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنْ وَجَدَ فِيهِ مَا يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ، قَضَى بِهِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْكِتَابِ، وَعَلِمَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرِ سُنَّةً، قَضَى بِهِ، فَإِنْ أَعْيَاهُ، خَرَجَ فَسَأَلَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَقَالَ : أَتَانِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَهَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَى فِي ذَلِكَ بِقَضَاءٍ؟ فَرُبَّمَا اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ النَّفَرُ كُلُّهُمْ يَذْكُرُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِ قَضَاءً، فَيَقُولُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ :" الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِينَا مَنْ يَحْفَظُ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا K فَإِنْ أَعْيَاهُ أَنْ يَجِدَ فِيهِ سُنَّةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، جَمَعَ رُؤُوسَ النَّاسِ وَخِيَارَهُمْ فَاسْتَشَارَهُمْ، فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَ رَأْيُهُمْ عَلَى أَمْرٍ، قَضَى بِهِ "

Muhammad ibn al-Salt informed us, Zuhayr informed us, on the authority of Ja`far ibn Burqan, Maymun ibn Mihran narrated to us, he said: Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, was On his authority, when an adversary comes to him, he looks at the Book of God, and if he finds in it what he decides between them, he judges it, even if it is not in the Book, and he knows who The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, had a Sunnah in that matter, and he decided on it. If he became tired of it, he went out and asked the Muslims, and said: Such-and-such came to me. Did you know that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, made a decree on that matter? Perhaps the group gathered to him, all of them remembering that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, made a decree, and Abu Bakr said: “Praise be to God who made Among us is someone who protects our Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and if he is weary of finding in it a Sunnah from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, he gathered the heads of the people and their choices. So he consulted them, and if their opinions agreed on a matter, he decided on it.”