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darimi:176Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] "The one who gives fatwas to people in all matters that are asked is insane."  

الدارمي:١٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«إِنَّ الَّذِي يُفْتِي النَّاسَ فِي كُلِّ مَا يُسْتَفْتَى لَمَجْنُونٌ»  


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tabarani:8923Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Verily, the one who gives people fatwas on everything they seek his guidance in is insane."  

الطبراني:٨٩٢٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«إِنَّ الَّذِي يُفْتِي النَّاسَ فِي كُلِّ مَا يَسْتَفْتُونَهُ فِيهِ مَجْنُونٌ»