if it is said if the mujtahids differ due to the difference in the paths of conjectures then what do you think? and if you say that every mujtahid is correct then your words contradict each other for your opponents no matter how correct they are in their belief say that you are mistaken. are you not correct? then how is it that there are those who permit the shedding of your blood? if they are also correct then we are correct in shedding your blood and plundering your money so why do you deny us? and if you say that the correct one is one then how do we distinguish the correct one from the mistaken one and how do we get rid of the danger of error and conjecture? we say that there are two opinions on it. if we say that every mujtahid correct we do not contradict ourselves as we mean by it that he is correct in the ruling of god regarding himself and his followers as god ruled that he should follow his most likely opinion in every incident and he followed it and this is the ruling of god regarding his opponent. and their saying that he is correct if in the shedding of blood is the speech of one who is ignorant of jurisprudence because what the difference differs in from what is seen in the shedding of blood are definitive rational issues in which the correct one is one and the conjectural jurisprudential issues in which there is disagreement between alshafii abu hanifa and malik do not lead to fighting and bloodshed rather each group believes in respecting the other group. the other until he rules that his ruling will not be overturned if he rules with it and that
فان قيل فإذا اختلف المجتهدون لاختلاف مسالك الظنون فماذا ترون وإن قلتم كل مجتهد مصيب تناقض كلامكم فان خصومكم مهما أصابوا في اعتقادهم يقولون إنكم اخطأتم أفلستم مصيبين إذا فكيف وفي الفرق من يستبيح سفك دمائكم فإن كانوا مصيبين أيضا فنحن في سفك دمائكم ونهب اموالكم مصيبون فلم تنكرون علينا وان قلتم ان المصيب واحد فبم نميز المصيب من المخطئ وكيف نتخلص من خطر الخطأ والظن قلنا فيه رأيان فان قلنا كل مجتهد مصيب لم نتناقض إذ نريد به أنه مصيب حكم الله في حق نفسه ومقلديه إذ حكم الله عليه ان يتبع غالب ظنه في كل واقعة وقد اتبع وهذا حكم الله على خصمه وقولهم انه مصيب إذا في سفك الدم فهو كلام جاهل بالفقهيات فان ما افترق فيه الفرق مما ير ٤ ى فيه سفك الدماء مسائل قطعية عقلية المصيب فيها واحد والمسائل الظنية الفقهية المختلف فيها بين الشافعي وأبي حنيفة ومالك لا تفضى إلى التقاتل وسفك الدماء بل كل فريق يعتقد احترام الفريق الاخر حتى يحكم بانه لا ينقض حكمه إذا قضى به وانه