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bayhaqi:17063Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Walīd al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Salām > Ibn Ḥarb > Isḥāq b. Abū Farwah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father > Muʿādh

[Machine] "And Abdullah ibn Mas'ood and Uqbah ibn Aamir said, 'When there is doubt in the ruling, then ward it off with certainty.'"  

البيهقي:١٧٠٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ هُوَ ابْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ مُعَاذًا

وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَعُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ ؓ قَالُوا إِذَا اشْتُبِهَ الْحَدُّ فَادْرَءُوهُ مُنْقَطِعٌ