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darimi:399And Qāl

[Machine] Muhammad said, "Look carefully at the source from whom you take this hadith, for it represents your religion."  

الدارمي:٣٩٩قَالَ

وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ «انْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ دِينُكُمْ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Dārimī

Be careful where you get your religion from

muslim:i018Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb And Hishām > Muḥammad > Fuḍayl > Hishām > Makhlad b. Ḥusayn > Hishām > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

‘Indeed this knowledge is faith, so carefully consider from whom you take your faith’.  

مسلم:i٠١٨حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَانْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ دِينَكُمْ  

darimi:443Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh > Zāʾidah > Hishām > Muḥammad

[Machine] "Consider from whom you take this narration, for it is your religion."  

الدارمي:٤٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ

«انْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّهُ دِينُكُمْ»