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(10). 3095. 'Adī bin Hātīm said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ while I had a cross of gold around my neck. He said: 'O 'Adī! Remove this idol from yourself!' And I heard him reciting from Sūrah Barā'ah: They took their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allāh."[1] He said: 'As for them, they did not worship them, but when they made something lawful for them, they considered it lawful, and when they made something unlawful for them, they considered it unlawful.'"[2] (Ḍa'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb we do not know of it except as a narration of 'Abdus-Salām bin Ḥarb, and Ghūtaif bin
A'yan is not known for Hadīth.
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Footnotes
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[1] At-Tawbah 9:31.
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[2] It was graded Hasan by Shaikh Al-Albānī and many others due to what supports it.
Commentary
Aḥbār is the plural of Hibr, it is applied to the Jews scholars and jurists; and Ruhbān is the plural of Rāhib, a known title for Christian religious leaders and monks. According to the explanation of this Verse by the Prophet ﷺ no one has the authority to make things Halāl/lawful and Harām/unlawful. Accepting a man's authority for making things Halāl and Harām is accepting him as Lord.
