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bayhaqi:20918Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb b. Shābūr

[Machine] I heard al-Awzai say, "Whoever rejects the binding opinions of the scholars has left Islam."  

البيهقي:٢٠٩١٨وَفِي مِثْلِ هَذَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَعْقُوبَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ شَابُورَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَخَذَ بِنَوَادِرِ الْعُلَمَاءِ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ