Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ قَالَ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِأَبِي هُوَ وَأُمِّي أَنَّهُ قَضَى فِي بِرْوَعِ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ وَنُكِحَتْ بِغَيْرِ مَهْرٍ فَمَاتَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَضَى لَهَا بِمَهْرِ نِسَائِهَا وَقَضَى لَهَا بِالْمِيرَاثِ فَإِنْ كَانَ يَثْبُتُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَهُوَ أَوْلَى الْأُمُورِ بِنَا وَلَا حُجَّةَ فِي قَوْلِ أَحَدٍ دُونَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَإِنْ كَثُرُوا وَلَا فِي قِيَاسٍ وَشَيْءٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ إِلَّا طَاعَةَ اللهِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يَثْبُتُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُثْبِتَ عَنْهُ مَا لَمْ يَثْبُتْ وَلَمْ أَحْفَظْهُ بَعْدُ مِنْ وَجْهٍ يُثْبِتُ مِثْلَهُ هُوَ مَرَّةً فَقَالَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ وَمَرَّةً عَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ وَمَرَّةً عَنْ بَعْضِ أَشْجَعَ لَا يُسَمَّى فَإِذَا مَاتَ أَوْ مَاتَتْ فَلَا مَهْرَ لَهَا وَلَا مُتْعَةَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِي حَدِيثِ بِرْوَعِ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ هَذَا الِاخْتِلَافُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ لَكِنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ إِمَامٌ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْحَدِيثِ
English Translation
Al-Shafi'i said: It has been narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him) - may my father and mother be his ransom - that he ruled regarding Birwa' bint Washiq, who was married without a mahr, and her husband died. He ruled that she should receive the mahr of women like her, and he ruled that she receives inheritance. If this is established from the Prophet (peace be upon him), then it takes precedence, and there is no argument against the saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him), no matter how many disagree. If it is not established from the Prophet (peace be upon him), then no one may attribute to him what is not established. The Shaykh said regarding the hadith of Birwa' bint Washiq: there is the disagreement that al-Shafi'i mentioned, but Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi is an imam among the imams of hadith.