مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 16970
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الرَّحَبِيِّ، عَنْ غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الثُّمَالِيِّ، قَالَ: بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا أَسْمَاءَ، إِنَّا قَدْ جَمَعْنَا (٣) النَّاسَ عَلَى أَمْرَيْنِ، قَالَ: وَمَا هُمَا؟ قَالَ: رَفْعُ (٤) الْأَيْدِي عَلَى الْمَنَابِرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَالْقَصَصُ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ وَالْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُمَا أَمْثَلُ، ، بِدْعَتِكُمْ عِنْدِي، وَلَسْتُ مُجِيبَكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهُمَا قَالَ: لِمَ؟ قَالَ: لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " مَا أَحْدَثَ قَوْمٌ بِدْعَةً إِلَّا رُفِعَ مِثْلُهَا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ " فَتَمَسُّكٌ بِسُنَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ إِحْدَاثِ بِدْعَةٍ (١)، ،
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English translation
It is narrated from Ghudayf (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abdul Malik bin Marwan sent a message to me saying, "O Abu Asma! We have united the people upon two things." I asked, "Which two things?" He replied, "Raising the hands on the pulpit on Friday and delivering admonition after the Fajr and Asr prayers." Ghudayf (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "In my view, these two things are your most exemplary innovations. I do not accept even one of them." Abdul Malik asked the reason, so he replied, "The reason is that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'Whenever a people introduce an innovation, an equal amount of Sunnah is taken away from them. Therefore, holding firmly to the Sunnah is better than introducing an innovation.'"
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This is Hadith 16970 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 447, Hadith of Ghudayf ibn al-Harith, as in-book entry 4.
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مسند احمد / مسند الشاميين / 16970
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