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[Machine] "Indeed, if they spoke of it as they heard it, it would have been better for them."  

الدارمي:٣٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ قَالَ كَانَ الشَّعْبِيُّ وَالنَّخَعِيُّ وَالْحَسَنُ يُحَدِّثُونَ بِالْحَدِيثِ مَرَّةً هَكَذَا وَمَرَّةً هَكَذَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ فَقَالَ

«أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ لَوْ حَدَّثُوا بِهِ كَمَا سَمِعُوهُ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ»